— 1 year ago(May 29, 2024 02:34 AM)

Attorney General Marty Jackley
ANNOUNCED on Tuesday that law enforcement has ARRESTED a FORMER mayor in connection with a TRIPLE MURDER.
FORMER
Centerville Mayor Jay Ostrem
, 64, is being held on a $1 million BOND in the
Minnehaha County Jail
, according to a press release.
Ostrem
, 64, was ARRESTED Monday evening at a residence in the small town.
“
Jay Ostrem
has been ARRESTED and CHARGED with three counts of First Degree MURDER, and law enforcement has SECURED the scene,”
Jackley
said in the press release. “There is no further threat to the public.”
Ostrem
had served as a police officer before becoming mayor, according to the
Argus Leader
, a local news outlet.
The
Lincoln County Sheriff
’
s Office
received a call that night from an individual named
Zach Frankus
who REPORTED that there was a SHOOTING, according to the court documents obtained by the
Argus Leader
.
Frankus
TOLD dispatch that someone had SHOT and MURDERED his brother with a SHOTGUN.
Frankus
also INDICATED that he also had been SHOT before going quiet, the news outlet reported.
UPON arriving at the scene, law enforcement officers saw
Ostrem
leaving the home, and he IGNORED officers when they COMMANDED him to STOP. The FORMER mayor was BLEEDING from his left hand and SMELLED of ALCOHOL. He was CARRYING a HANDGUN and RIFLE, along with USED shotgun and rifle CASINGS, according to the
Argus Leader
.
ACCORDING to a filed COMPLAINT, FORMER
Centerville
mayor and city councilor
Jay Edward Ostrem
MURDERED three victims on Monday, May 27th, 2024 “with a PREMEDITATED DESIGN.”
Police FOUND three men
inside the home, IDENTIFIED as
Paul Frankus
, 26,
Zach Frankus
, 21, and
Timothy Richmond
, 35. Court documents INDICATED that
Ostrem
’s wife TOLD the AUTHORITIES that she and
Paul
had been DRINKING together on May 23rd when he FORCIBLY kissed her and EXPOSED his
GENITALS
to her, ACCORDING to the report.
After TELLING her husband about the INCIDENT, it led to him “RAGING out of the house” WITHOUT telling her where he was headed, the A
rgus Leader
reported.
“Call a SPADE, a SPADE; and a TRANNY, a TRANNY, or an IT!!!”.
"THAT'S SOME BAD
SHIT
,
HARRY
!".