Crime

Police investigating burglaries where homeowners weren’t home

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Fargo Police investigates a string of home burglaries they believe are related. They have happened in the Centennial, Rose Creek, Stonebridge and Timberline neighborhoods. The burglaries started six months ago and happened when the owners weren’t home. Authorities say criminals cut cables outside the houses, possibly to turn off security systems. They also got through unlocked…

Minnesota introduces catalytic converter ID to prevent thefts

The Moorhead Police Department is among several police departments in Minnesota that have started using a new method to prevent people from stealing catalytic converters.

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Moorhead Police is part of a pilot program paid through a state-funded grant estimated at more than $100,000 where they mark catalytic converters using serial numbers unique to each. A Moorhead police detective says there’s been a correlation with steel prices rising since 2020 and catalytic converter thefts across the country. “There’s three precious metals inside….

Moorhead church hosts “March for our Lives” rally

Nationwide March For Our Lives Rallies spark across the nation and here locally in Moorhead

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR)-Mass shootings sending shockwaves of emotions rattling through our country. Trinity Lutheran Church in Moorhead take a stand against gun violence by marching from Moorhead to Fargo with the Lutheran Campus Ministry of Concordia College, MSUM, and NDSU. Recent mass shootings have the country mourning, some in silence. Others send prayers to loved ones and strangers, some taking…

Fargo man sentenced for child porn

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – A Fargo man is sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for distribution and possession of child porn. Forty-two-year-old Jeffrey Buckmeier also will be under supervised release for life and has to pay $84,000 to the children in his child porn collection. The case came to law enforcement after the National Center For Missing and Exploited…

Moorhead police arrest robbery suspect

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Police arrest a man they say committed a robbery saying he had a gun. Officers responded near Horizon Middle School around 5:30 Thursday for a disturbance. A 911 caller said they met with a man who took money from them and threatened to shoot the victim. The man fled on a bike and no one was…

Man Wanted In Alabama Murder Captured In Minnesota

SELMA, AL (AP/KVRR) — A man wanted in a gunshot murder last year in Alabama has been arrested in Minnesota. Police in Selma, Alabama say 18-year-old Javontae Mitchell was captured last week near the Canadian border by federal marshals. Authorities did not give an exact location of his arrest. Mitchell was sought in the killing of 26-year-old Taquon Fikes who…

Fargo firearms instructor weighs in on gun debate

  FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — With more mass shootings across the country since Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, people wonder when will the chaos end? More cities across the country are experiencing the tragedy of gun violence. It has even affected people in Fargo where 24-year-old Malik Gill, of Moorhead, was convicted of second degree assault with a dangerous…

High risk sex offender has new address in Fargo

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Fargo Police is letting the public know about high risk sex offender Daniel Sanderson has a new address. He has registered at 726 College Street North. Sanderson is on the registry for life. He was convicted of indecent exposure in 2015 in Ward County. His victim was a 10-year-old acquaintance. Categories: Crime, Local News, North Dakota…