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Suspect held in car theft

By Lori EhdeA suspect is in custody after deputies repsonded to an early-morning car theft report Wednesday in Luverne.According to information from the Rock County Sheriff's Department, James Fisher had dropped off Jon Mollberg on East Dodge Street when a man on a bicycle approached them.Sheriff Mike Winkels said 20-year-old Daniel Lee Ronan, Luverne, confronted them, and after an altercation, stole Fisher's 1996 Monte Carlo. At nearly 2 a.m. Wednesday, it was reported stolen, and deputies recovered the vehicle in the 900 block of South Highway 75.Ronan reportedly fled the vehicle on foot, but deputies chased him and arrested him a block later.Ronan is held in the Prairie Justice Center pending charges.The car was returned to Fisher with light damage.

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