FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A leader in a drug trafficking ring that targeted two North Dakota reservations is sentenced in Fargo. 29-year-old Devonsha Dabney of Detroit was given 15 years in federal prison after he pled guilty to drug charges. He was arrested after an investigation into the multi-state trafficking of oxycodone and fentanyl laced pills. The investigation found that…
FARGO (KFGO) – The Fargo Police Department has been busy cracking down on one of the city’s “hot spots” for crime. It’s part of the federal Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative. Police have been working with the management team and neighbors at the Arbors at McCormick Park Residential Complex to fix the problems. The Arbors is an apartment complex located in…
WALSH CO., N.D. (KVRR) — A Grand Forks woman is accused of leaving her young child alone along I-29 in Walsh County. 37-year-old Ashley Johnson is charged with abandonment of a child, child neglect and reckless endangerment. A passerby noticed the child, believed to be around 4, in a one piece on Wednesday afternoon and called Walsh County dispatch. Deputies…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A murder suspect arrested near Mapleton, North Dakota last week was wanted for a July shooting in Des Moines, Washington, south of Seattle. 20-year-old Joseph Morrison was one of three suspects in the shooting death of a man who was in a car in the parking lot of a supermarket. Police say the two other suspects…
BEMIDJI, Minn. (KVRR) — New details into an alleged gang rape investigation of an 11-year-old girl in Bemidji last week. While one man was arrested for sexual assault, 22-year-old Oscar Luna of Texas, twelve other people were located and identified. Bemidji Police say none of them could immediately be identified as suspects in the case and eleven were turned over…
WAHPETON, N.D. (KVRR) — A trial for a Wahpeton man charged with sexually abusing a child has been canceled. On Monday, 62-year-old Robert Abell changed his plea to guilty to one count of continuous sexual abuse of a child. His trial was supposed to start next week. An arrest warrant for Abell was issued last November and he made his…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A West Fargo man was combative following a pursuit with police in the city Saturday night. After first striking a light pole, officers saw 35-year-old Brandon Lindsay speeding in Rendezvous Park. Lindsay took off and nearly collided with other vehicles. A PIT maneuver was used to end the pursuit. Lindsay intially refused to get out…
CASS COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR) — The murder suspect arrested in Cass County Tuesday has been identified. A North Dakota Highway Patrol Trooper made a traffic stop on I-94 near Mapleton. The trooper saw the driver and passenger switching seats after the car stopped. The man in the vehicle was 20-year-old, Joseph Morrison of Auburn Washington. He had an active warrant…
CASS COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A murder suspect from Washington state is in the Cass County Jail following a traffic stop on I-94, west of Fargo. North Dakota State Patrol Capt. Bryan Niewind says the trooper discovered that the person was wanted for murder during a routine traffic stop late Tuesday afternoon. Niewind says investigators from Washington state are flying…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Three people are arrested and face felony charges in connection to a Thursday afternoon armed robbery in West Fargo. Police say 30-year-old Leo Jellah from Arizona, 24-year-old Ayanle Banade, and Neoh Kpasuah, of Fargo are each charged with conspiracy to commit robbery with a weapon. Officials say it was on the 100 block of 7th…
