Crime

Rape & Abuse Crisis Center Reacts to overturned sexual assault case

A Minnesota Supreme Court reversed a court decision from 2019 rape case

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – A recent Minnesota Supreme Court ruling is getting backlash from victims and victim advocates of sexual assault. “The consequence of drinking too much is a hangover. No one should expect to be assaulted because you drank too much,” Support Services Supervisor Tina DeLaCruz said. When news of the the Minnesota Supreme Court overturning a 2019 case…

Hammer attack leads to attempted murder charge against Grand Forks woman

Alanna RanisateGRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – A Grand Forks woman is in custody, accused of striking a man several times with a hammer. Grand Forks police were called to an assault in progress involving a hammer at 2339 S. 17th St. #15. Upon arrival officers determined that a 61-year-old man had been struck several times with a hammer. Forty-nine-year-old Alanna…

Arrests made in Monday night shooting in West Fargo

Police still looking for information on vehicle involved in shooting.

WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Two people are under arrest after a shooting last night that injured an innocent juvenile. It put a West Fargo neighborhood on lockdown. At Monday evening in the West Fargo police department responded to a shooting on the crossroads of 9th street West and Parkway drive. “The shooting occurred after CJ Jesse James Carruthers, a…

Fargo Police ask for help finding aggravated assault suspect

Police are looking for Pajebo Duncan, 30, of West Fargo

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo Police is asking for help finding an aggravated assault suspect. Authorities say 30-year-old Pajebo Duncan, of West Fargo, stabbed a person and ran them over with a vehicle at Love’s Travel Stop in Fargo. It happened shortly after 10:30 last night. The victim’s injuries don’t appear to be life threatening. Duncan is described as 5’7″,…

Activist calls for change in ND hate crime prosecutions

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Fargo activist is calling for change from state officials in addressing hate crimes. A North Dakota century code enacted in 1973 considers hate crimes to be class B misdemeanors. Demonstrators are asking for the Cass County State’s Attorney’s Office to work with law enforcement officials across the state to ensure hate crimes are being prosecuted…