GOLDEN VALLEY CO., ND — A Fargo teen was injured after leading authorities on a chase across parts of Montana and North Dakota. A deputy tried to stop 19-year-old Joshua Tritchler on I-94 about 120 miles west of the Montana-North Dakota border. Numerous attempts to stop his vehicle were unsuccessful. Tritchler eventually lost control of his car on wet roads…
SIOUX FALLS, SD — A Sioux Falls man has been sentenced to 45 years in prison for slicing off his pregnant girlfriend’s nipples during an argument. Prosecutors had agreed to ask for no more than 30 years for 45-year-old Tony Ledbetter. But the judge went against the plea deal and gave him the maximum sentence. The victim told the court…
FARGO, ND — A man accused in an international fentanyl-trafficking operation has pleaded not guilty in Fargo to obstruction of justice. Authorities say Daniel Ceron, a Colombian national who allegedly ran the enterprise from a Canadian prison, wrote letters telling co-conspirators to remain silent. He also alerted other suspects about the investigation. He was charged earlier with five counts, including…
ST. HILAIRE, Minn. — Two people have been arrested following a robbery and assault in St. Hilaire, Minnesota. Officers were called to a mobile home Monday morning on reports the two men were beaten, after as many as four armed men entered and robbed them before fleeing. A search warrant at a rural home led to the arrests of 27-year…
Hailey Johnson, Shaylee McCulloch, Derek KochFERGUS FALLS, Minn. — Court documents reveal a twisted tale involving guns and drugs in a shooting last Tuesday in Fergus Falls. Authorities say 35-year-old Derek Koch of Dalton, Minnesota hired David Laiz of Colorado to get $700 in drug money from the victim, who has not been named. Laiz shot the man at his…
FARGO, ND — Two people have been arrested in connection with a shooting at an apartment building in south Fargo shortly after 11 o’clock Sunday night. 31-year-old Jessica Kristianson barricaded herself, along with 31-year-old James Parks of Barnesville, inside her apartment in the 3500 block of 11th Street South. Police found multiple bullet holes in her door and in the…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senator Al Franken has returned to Capitol Hill for the first time since the reports of sexual harassment against him. The Minnesota Democrat held a short news conference outside his Senate office. He apologized again, saying he knows he has “let down” a lot of people. Franken said the accusations against him have come as a shock…
BELTRAMI COUNTY, Minn. — The bodies of two people who went through the ice on Upper Red Lake have been recovered. 30-year-old Melissa Siedenstricker and 29-year-old Zeth Knyphausen had been reported missing late Sunday after they failed to return from a fishing trip. Authorities pulled their bodies from the water along with their ATV around 3 p.m. on Monday. The…
WHITE EARTH, Minn. — A man is in custody on drug and fleeing charges after running from authorities Friday morning. A White Earth police officer tried to stop 34-year-old Cody Eagle Feather on Becker County 21 around 9 a.m. A pursuit began that ended after six miles when Eagle Feather ditched his vehicle and ran into the woods. A K9…
GRAND FORKS, ND — A Crookston woman is sentenced for her role in a drug-related death at Flying J in Grand Forks in 2016. 33-year-old Lorie Ortiz was given nearly 6 years in prison for her role as an accessory after the fact in the death of Austin Forsman. The investigation into his murder turned up a meth ring in…
