BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — A 42-year-old St. Paul woman is accused of stealing a sheep and taking it for a weekend walk with a dog.
The woman is accused of rustling and livestock theft, according to a criminal complaint filed Tuesday in Hennepin County.
According to the criminal complaint, officers were called to Old Shakopee Road East in Bloomington on Saturday for a report of a man and a woman walking around with a dog and a sheep.
Upon arrival, an officer saw drilling “all over” on the woman’s jacket and on the sheep, charging documents show.
The woman allegedly told the officer that she had bought the sheep from an employee and paid $200 for it. However, the man who was with her said the woman had stepped over the fence into a farm, put the sheep on a leash and then pulled it through the fence. He told the officer that she had pulled so hard on the leash that the sheep were suffocating.
An employee and the owner of a nearby farm were able to confirm that the sheep were theirs and had not been sold to the woman.
According to the complaint, the sheep is a breeding ram worth approximately $500.
