On 6/3/2017 at 12:45 a.m., the Palo Alto County Sheriff’s Office cited and released Justin Curtis Rierson, age 39 of Graettinger, on a charge of harboring and keeping a dangerous animal within the city limits of Graettinger. Rierson was given a citation for the non-scheduled violation of the Graettinger city ordinance.
A criminal charge is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.