FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A bill legalizing recreational cannabis has passed the Minnesota House and now heads to the state Senate. Attorney Mark Friese says law enforcement knows there will undoubtedly be more people bringing the drug across state lines as people lawfully buy cannabis in Minnesota, if the law is passed. “That doesn’t mean it’s lawful to bring it…
WEST FARGO, N.D. — A West Fargo man is arrested after fleeing a traffic stop on foot. West Fargo police tried to stop 47-year-old Timmy Bush around 9:30 this morning for a traffic violation. But Bush got out of his vehicle and ran. The officer caught Bush a short time later and arrested him for DUI refusal, driving under suspension,…
HUBBARD COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR/FOX 9) — A former Hubbard County Commissioner and school bus driver is accused of grooming a 13-year-old boy. Fifty-nine-year-old Danny Stacey is charged with first-degree attempted sexual conduct and electronic solicitation of a minor. The Minnesota BCA says Stacey had been a DARE officer and volunteered with the Boy Scouts. According to court records, Stacey would…
DILWORTH, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — Police in Dilworth are looking for a man they say fired multiple shots in a parking lot. 911 calls started coming in around 10:45 Tuesday morning. Callers said multiple shots were fired by light skinned black male wearing a long sleeve hoodie, 20 to 30 years of age, in a parking lot near 208 5th Street…
MINNEAPOLIS (KVRR) — Rapper Desiigner is charged with indecent exposure on an aircraft in Minnesota. While on a flight from Tokyo to Minneapolis, prosecutors say 25-year-old Desiigner, also known as Sidney Selby, exposed his genitals multiple times. During one of the exposures, he masturbated. When the flight landed, Selby was detained and interviewed by an FBI agent. In an online…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota’s top federal prosecutor speaks to the Fargo Human Rights Commission about hate crimes. The presentation by U.S. Attorney Mac Schneider focused on federal hate crimes laws and how they are identified. He says since he began his role as U.S. attorney for North Dakota last December, there have been no suspected federal hate crimes…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Fargo police are investigating a shooting at an apartment building that sent one person to a hospital. They say the injuries are not considered life threatening. They also say the suspect and victim know each other. The call came in shortly before 9 this morning at 1632 33rd Avenue South. No one is in custody. Police…
POPE CO., Minn. (KVRR) — The widow of Pope County Sheriff’s Deputy Josh Owen is thanking law enforcement and the community for their support in the wake of his death. Shannon Owen appeared before cameras but didn’t speak. Her husband and two other officers were shot Saturday in Cyrus, Minnesota while trying to make an arrest during a domestic violence…
MINNEAPOLIS (KVRR) — A Devils Lake man is sentenced to over 11 years in prison for an armed carjacking in the Twin Cities. Prosecutors say 27-year-old Joshua Sinawa walked up to a bakery truck outside a Cub Foods in Blaine, pulled out a gun and demanded that the driver get out. Sinawa then walked the man inside the store before…
POPE COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) — The man who shot at two law enforcement officers and killed another in west-central Minnesota has been identified by the BCA. Thirty-four-year-old Bryan Nygard, of Cyrus, died from multiple gunshot wounds. On April 15th in Cyrus, two Pope County Deputies and a Starbuck Police Officer responded to a domestic violence call at an apartment. The…
