A former Jonathan Association employee is facing theft charges after she allegedly stole more than $9,000 from the large homeowner’s group.

Kimberly Ferrari, 37, of Chaska, was charged with two counts of felony theft by the Carver County Attorney’s Office Monday. She was employed as the Association’s bookkeeper from 2005 to 2007.

Details about an alleged brutal assault that took place in Chaska’s Brandondale neighborhood last week are being revealed, as the Carver County Attorney’s Office pursues charges against a Chaska teen accused of beating a man with a pipe, resulting in his death.

A Chaska man has passed away after sustaining injuries in an assault last week.

Kirk Thomas Anderson, 33, died at Hennepin County Medical Center on Saturday afternoon.

A 16-year-old male was arrested in connection with the assault. According to a press release, the teenage boy is the only suspect in the case and lived in the same residence as Anderson.

During the annual event, neighborhoods hold block parties, usually sometime between 5 p.m. and 10 p.m., for residents to get to know each other and serve as a crime deterrent.

“Everyone gets to know their neighbor,” explained Chaska Police Officer Julie Janke. “What we want to do is create an awareness with the Police Department and the community,” she said.

Minnesota State Patrol has released the names of the individuals involved in a fatal crash on Highway 212 just outside of Carver Thursday morning.

According to the Minnesota State Patrol, Luallen Kettner, 73, of Chaska was the driver of the vehicle that struck and killed 47-year-old construction flagger Leo Kuisle, of Stewartville. Kuisle died at the scene of the crash. No injuries to Kettner have been reported.

The incident occurred just before 7 a.m. Thursday on Highway 212 near Mount Hope Road.

Chaska Police Sgt. Mike Duzan knows the value of tasers. When he was an officer in St. Paul, he broke his hand in an altercation. Today he suffers from arthritis as a result of that break.

“I wish I would have had one of these then,” he said of his taser.