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Nagle, 43, appeared in Winona County District Court on Tuesday to face 16 new charges of running an illegal salvage yard without a conditional-use permit from the county. He is also accused of illegally dumping tires on another man’s property in May and April that resulted in a citation to that man after sheriff’s deputies saw the
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The yard of Dakota resident Alan Nagle in 2006 when he received 187 tickets for operating an illegal junkyard on his property. He was charged again in July for operating and illegal salvage yard. (file photo/James A. Bowey/Winona Daily News) |
dump on a satellite image. All of the charges are misdemeanors punishable by up to 90 days in jail and a $1,000 fine.
Nagle has a long history of run-ins with the county regarding junk on his property. Deputies first cited Nagle on June 27, 2006, for running a waste management facility without a permit. He received a second citation on June 29, 2006, and then was cited almost every day between July 7, 2006, and Jan. 7, 2007. He eventually pleaded no contest to one ticket and was placed on a year of probation, which expired in January. He also signed an agreement to comply with the Winona County Zoning Ordinance.
Nagle’s property has since fallen out of compliance, according to court documents filed last month. A Winona County Sheriff’s deputy was called to Nagle’s property Dec. 20, 2007, on a complaint he was running an illegal salvage yard again, according to the criminal complaint. From another person’s property, the deputy observed and photographed Nagle’s yard. Every day between Dec. 20 and Dec. 27, deputies photographed the same scene: numerous vehicles, old tractors, rusty and junked agricultural equipment, a pop-up trailer, a motor home, a front-end loader, tools used to remove tires from vehicle rims, a large gas torch set, and piles of tires, wood and junk.
Nagle has also been identified in court documents as an accomplice to George Gary Beesecker, 62, who was charged July 23 with illegally dumping tires on his rural Houston, Minn., property. Satellite images showed apparent stacks of tires, and Beesecker admitted dumping tires into a ravine so he could build a road over them, court documents show. According to the criminal complaint, Nagle delivered tires to Beesecker “off and on” since 2006, and he admitted about 20 tires on Beesecker’s land were his.
Nagle has not been taken into custody but is scheduled to return to court Sept. 19 for an evidentiary hearing. Beesecker is scheduled to appear in court today for a first appearance.
Contact Kevin Behr at (507) 453-3524 or at kbehr@winonadailynews.com.
