WARREN, Minn. (KVRR) — A Warren, Minnesota woman is arrested for having a suspected DMT lab. Authorities say it is a Schedule I hallucinogen and the manufacturing process is extremely flammable. Pine to Prairie Drug Task Force assisted probation with the search at Carla Swenson’s home on Monday. They found multiple jars of black liquid which the suspect claimed was…
Walker PoitraGRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Grand Forks teen will spend 10 years in prison for attempted murder. 18-year-old Walker Poitra pleaded guilty on Monday to nine of 13 counts including attempted murder, terrorizing and reckless endangerment. Four counts were dismissed. In January 2025, Poitra and Mason Allery fired several rounds into a car with five juveniles inside in…
GRAND FORKS CO., N.D. (KVRR) — It took stop sticks and a PIT maneuver to stop a St. Paul man who tried to flee a traffic stop on I-29 in Grand Forks County. Around 3:40 this morning, a deputy tried to stop 38-year-old Aaron Wangen for failing to maintain his lane. A chase moved through Grand Forks before Wangen headed…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A West Fargo man will enter a guilty plea for making an online post threatening President Donald Trump. In the plea agreement in U.S. District Court dated April 3, 47-year-old Andrew Sandvik will face a reduced sentence and the remaining counts of the indictment will be dismissed. Sandvik admits to posting a message on his Facebook…
LISBON, N.D. (KFGO) – The owner of a child care center in Lisbon, North Dakota, is accused of slapping a child. The North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services issued a correction order to Buzy Beez Childcare LLC at 1018 Main Street on April 2. An investigation was conducted by Child Protective Services and law enforcement. They reviewed camera footage that…
FARGO – The Fargo Police Department is notifying the community of two high risk sex offenders that have registered addresses in Fargo. Damion Winter Orton, 31. Courtesy Fargo Police Dept. Damion Winter Orton, 39, registered his address as 123 15th St. N. Orton was assessed as a high risk offender in 2014 after he was convicted of Gross Sexual Imposition…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Fort Totten, North Dakota man has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Fargo to a number of charges including voluntary manslaughter. 33-year-old Kolby McKay, who also goes by Kolby Woods, will be detained pending sentencing on July 22. His guilty pleas were entered in two separate cases. McKay killed Monte Herman Sr. in April…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by Cazmere Haskins who claimed his sentence for a deadly stabbing in 2024 was cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment. In December 2024, Haskins changed his plea to guilty for the murder of 24-year-old Anfernee Economy of Grand Forks and was sentenced to 40 years in…
GARDNER, N.D. (KFGO) – A Gardner, North Dakota man is charged after allegedly kidnapping a young girl and sexually assaulting her. Kaleb Chase, 34, is charged with four counts of gross sexual imposition, possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana, and two counts of unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. A detective was called just before 5 a.m. on Tuesday, March 31…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a Grand Forks man who is accused of exchanging sexually explicit videos with minors. Noah Habeck, 27, is charged with two counts of luring minors by computer and two counts of possession of certain materials prohibited. North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation received three cyber tips…
