Documents show first glimpse of alleged co-op embezzler’s hunting trophies, debt details

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Among Hennessey’s big game hunting display is a tiger. Hennessey is alleged to have misappropriated some $5.4 million over 15 years, from the Ashby farmers Cooperative Elevator, in part to support his hunting activities worldwide. Grant County District Court photo

ELBOW LAKE, Minn. — Recently filed court documents include photos of hunting trophies at the home of a former Minnesota farm elevator manager who is accused of using money from the co-op to pay for his big-game hunting trips.

Jerry Hennessey is facing federal charges related to the case while the business he managed, Ashby Farmers Co-op Elevator, pursues a civil case against the former manager.

The co-op alleges Hennessey and his wife deprived the co-op of nearly $5.5 million in assets from 2003 to Hennessey’s departure in September. Hennessey went on the lam on Sept…

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