Theft in progress ends with wounded man in handcuffs in Freeborn County

A 38-year-old Freeborn County man was arrested Sunday night on assault charges after a reported incident in which a man was wounded in rural Glenville. According to a news release, the Freeborn County Sheriff’s Office and South Central Drug Investigation Unit responded to reports of a car theft in progress on 800th Ave. Sunday and found a man sitting on the ground wounded next to the vehicle. James Joseph Vinton, was taken to the Freeborn County jail and will likely be formally charged in Freeborn County District Court on Tuesday. The case remains under investigation.
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