Even in the most crime-plagued cities in America, you don't see crimes like the one that occurred in northern Iowa on Sunday.
Dominic Andrew Bjerke, 21, of LeRoy, Minn., is accused of stealing a combine and taking it on a joy ride across three properties near McIntire about 2:30 a.m.
The combine caused damage to numerous vehicles and a couple of garages, according to the Mitchell County Sheriff's Office.
Robert Starry estimates the combine missed his house by inches. "There are still tracks in the yard," he said Monday.Several street signs and a bridge also were damaged during Bjerke's early-morning excursion.
Starry said he was more fortunate than some of his neighbors. However, the combine still removed a 30-foot fence and hit his garage.
Starry said he saw Bjerke before he was taken into custody. "He couldn't talk; like he was a zombie or something," Starry said.
The combine was reported stolen from Ernest Schofield, who lives near McIntire. He declined to comment on the incident.The combine is considered a total loss.
Bjerke was being held in the Mitchell County jail on $26,000 bond. He was charged with drunken driving, theft, burglary and criminal mischief.
It's funny. As long as you were nowhere in the vicinity of the incident.
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