BADGER — A Badger man has been accused of running an unlicensed slaughterhouse and meatpacking operation for about 25 years, according to court records.

Glen L. Christensen, 73, has been charged with ongoing criminal conduct, influence enterprise; first degree fraudulent practice; and third degree fraudulent practice, court documents state.

In criminal complaints filed against him, compliance officers for the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship wrote that Christensen ran the meatpacking operation from 1999 until a search warrant was conducted on Aug. 2. Court records list a 110th Street address for him, but the location of the meatpacking operation isn’t specified.

His operation offered beef, swine products and venison with added pork, the criminal complaints state.

According to the criminal complaints, Christensen failed to obtain a license from the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship for a meat and poultry slaughter operation.

Those complaints add that he failed to have the meat inspected.

Also, the compliance officers accuse him of obtaining federally inspected and approved summer sausage casings which were filled with meat from his operation and sold to the public.

According to the criminal complaints, on June 19 Christensen sold meat to an Iowa Department of Natural Resources employee and told them that if they were with the DNR he would “take him out.”

On Aug. 2, compliance officers came to Christensen’s operation with a search warrant. They seized 500 pounds of meat.

Christensen made his initial appearance in Webster County Magistrate Court Thursday. He waived his right to a preliminary hearing, so his case will proceed to arraignment and trial.