BLACK RJVER FALLS, Wis. – A Sparta man accused of stealing cattle from a farm near Alma Center has been arrested. Jackson County Sheriff Duane Waldera said that the theft occurred overnight. The investigation, he said, led to Jennings Christenson, 20, who was arrested in adjoining Monroe County. Investigators also found the cattle, which were rounded up and returned to their usual grazing fields, the sheriff said. Their value was pegged at $20,000.
Cattle-stealing odds
Cattle rustling is nothing like in the Wild West but still occurs. About 250 head stolen annually in the United States. About 50 are butchered and disappear into the meat industry chain before authorities can trace them. In short, most rustlers get away with it. No, they don’t still hang rustlers.
Christenson. Faces charges of grand larceny,