EDDY CO., N.D. (KVRR) — Bail is set at $1.5 million cash for Nicholas Poitra. The Rolla, North Dakota man is charged with murder and ten other felony counts after a deadly bar shooting in Sheyenne, North Dakota on Sunday. 30-year-old Troyal Thumb was shot and killed inside Rindy’s Sheyenne Bar after the acquaintances had an argument. Poitra went on…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — A man from Nigeria is sentenced in U.S. District Court in North Dakota for mail fraud. 37-year-old Kolawole Akande was given 30 months in federal prison and ordered to pay nearly $350,000 in restitution. Akande and others got their hands on checks from a Dickinson, North Dakota company through the mail while living in Texas. The…
NORMAN CO., Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — An Ada, Minnesota man is accused of forcing a minor to drink alcohol and have sex in Norman County. According to prosecutors, 19-year-old Dustin Olson is charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct and contributing to the delinquency of a child as a petty offender. The complaint says Olson threatened a victim between the ages of…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Moorhead man is accused of kidnapping a woman early Saturday. 45-year-old Hector Flores fled from police but was blocked by a snowbank after pulling into the parking lot of a business. He refused officers commands while a female passenger was screaming and trying to get out of his vehicle. Flores claimed he had a gun…
UPDATE – A man wanted for the deadly shooting of a man at a Sheyenne, North Dakota bar has been caught. Nicholas Poitra was spotted by a farmer in Eddy County around noon. The farmer held him at gunpoint until law enforcement arrived and Poitra was taken to Lake Region Law Enforcement Center in Devils Lake. EDDY CO., N.D….
ST. PAUL (KVRR/KFGO) — There’s a statewide alert in Minnesota for 58-year-old Ralph Apmann. He has now been convicted of second-degree murder despite not having shown up for his trial. A Cottonwood County jury reached its guilty verdict Tuesday. Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and Windom Police continue to search for Apmann. He’s believed to be armed with a handgun…
JAMESTOWN, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Jamestown teacher and assistant volleyball coach is now charged with a felony, eight misdemeanors, and a criminal infraction following a police search of her home. Stutsman County State’s Attorney has charged 45-year-old Amy Tarno with meth possession with intent to deliver, possession of marijuana, methadone and hydrocodone, LSD and drug paraphernalia. According to the complaint,…
MINOT, N.D. (KVRR/AP) — The nephew of imprisoned polygamous leader Warren Jeffs is headed back to Utah. 54-year-old Heber Jeffs was jailed in Minot over the weekend and appeared in court this afternoon where he waived extradition. Utah has 10 days to pick him up on child kidnapping charges. Jeffs was arrested by federal agents on Saturday after he was…
BELTRAMI CO., Minn. (KVRR) — Minnesota Attorney General’s office has been asked to assist in the review of an investigation into a 2018 death at Beltrami County Jail in Bemidji. 27-year-old Hardel Sherrell of Apple Valley collapsed and became unresponsive while in the presence of a corrections officer and a medical technician. According to the family’s account, Sherrell had called…
ALEXANDRIA, MINN. (KFGO) — A woman who shot and killed a man near Alexandria around five years ago has now been charged with killing her husband in Texas. Sarah Hartsfield is charged in the death of 46-year-old Joseph Hartsfield. In the 2018 shooting, Hartsfield was not charged in the death of her then-boyfriend, David Bragg. An investigation determined that she…
