Sleepy Eye Police Officers Taylor Bolinger and Peter McGarry along with Brown County Deputies Jason Fairbairn and Justin Robertson, State Trooper Valerie Hauser and Brown County Dispatcher Julie Hellendrung were honored with the Meritorious Service Awards January 8 at a ceremony.
The group collaberated on the arrest of the murder suspect of Algona Police Officer Kevin Cram. The apprehension took place September 13 in Leavenworth Township. The Minnesota State Patrol, Minnesota State Patrol Air Unit, Sleepy Eye Police Department, and Brown County Sheriff’s Office Deputies “took the suspect into custody without incident” around 11:49 p.m.
The award was presented by the Minnesota South Central Investigators Coalition.