POLK COUNTY, Minn.–The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is sending a reminder to parents to monitor potentially dangerous social media sites. The Sheriff’s Office recently became aware that teenagers have been using a website called Omegle.com to chat and video chat with others. The site does not require an account or login credentials. Once teens are on the homepage, a link…
FARGO, N.D.–A Fargo man has been arrested after barricading himself in his vehicle in the Fargo South High School parking lot Tuesday morning. Police were called to the 2000 block of 25 Street S at approximately 6:30 a.m. and attempted to negotiate with the man until approximately 9:45 a.m. According to police, 24-year-old Michael Manwell Bell barricaded himself in his…
UPDATE (8/25/20) — The AMBER Alert for 6-month-old Lucas Warner is canceled after the baby is found safe in Lincoln County in far northwestern Montana. The baby was reported missing Saturday from a neighboring county. No other details were released. COLUMBIA FALLS, M.T.–An Amber Alert for a six-month-old boy says the child’s abductors may be heading to North Dakota. According…
FARGO, N.D. — 49-year-old Jason O’Neil is in the Cass County Jail after police say he stabbed his girlfriend early Saturday morning. Officers were sent to the stabbing at an apartment in the 2500 block of 14th Street South at 3:43 a.m. The woman stabbed was transported to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries. O’Neil was arrested for Attempted Murder,…
There may be a run on tutoring services this morning from parents struggling with a return to remote learning as the school year gears up again. While some districts are sending the kids back into the classroom, most have revealed backup plans that include hybrid and all-online classes as coronavirus cases fail to come down significantly across the U-S and…
JAMESTOWN, N.D. — A couple arguing in Jamestown is arrested after gunshots are heard. Police say they responded to the 1200 block of 8th Avenue Southeast after 10 o’clock Wednesday night. Someone called police saying they heard a woman screaming and threatening a man in the alley followed by three gunshots Thirty-three-year-old Jeromy Mark, who is staying in Jamestown, was…
DETROIT LAKES, Minn.–A Detroit Lakes man is awaiting charges after being arrested for suspicion of possessing child pornography. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension arrested 31-year-old Alexander John Coyne on Wednesday as part of an Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force investigation. The Task Force reportedly received several tips related to child pornography. Formal charges against Coyne are expected to…
CASSELTON, N.D.–Three people were arrested Tuesday morning after a burglary attempt in an industrial area in Casselton. A Cass County Sheriff’s deputy says two men were attempting to break into a storage unit in the 1700 block of Heartland Avenue at approximately 3:20 a.m. The men fled on foot when they saw the deputy. Additional deputies responded and located a…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — Faith Shields-Dixon was on her way home on Saturday evening when she was stopped by police by the corner of 8th St. and 12th Ave. S in Moorhead. Police told Shields-Dixon they pulled her over for a going 44 miles per hour in a 30 miles per hour zone. Shields-Dixon claims they did not handle the traffic…
UPDATE: GRAFTON, N.D. (KFGO) — The Grafton Police Department has released the names of an officer and shooting suspect of a late night shooting that happened Friday. It happened around 11:56 pm when Grafton PD and Walsh County Deputies attempted to apprehend Ruben J. Cruz, 37 of Bottineau, on a outstanding federal warrant. Cruz fled on foot and then opened…
