Chippewa County attorneys said in a court filing they will argue for an aggravated sentence for Joseph Rongstad, 41. He was arrested Jan. 11, 2024, after an hours-long standoff with law enforcement.
Kyle Gene Sheldon, of St. Cloud, was convicted on a fifth-degree drug possession charge after initially being charged with a criminal sexual conduct offense after a woman reported a sexual assault.
Edgard Francisco Talave Latino, 48, of Litchfield, was sentenced to an aggravated 96-month prison sentence for a sexual assault of a woman in November of 2021. According to court documents, the state argued for the longer sentence because the offenses were committed in the woman's own residence and due to the egregiousness of Latino's actions.