Crime

Human trafficking charges filed in North Dakota prostitution investigation

BISMARCK, N.D. – Two of the three people charged with facilitating prostitution following a raid on spas in Bismarck and Dickinson are facing additional charges of human trafficking. Sixty-five-year-old Lance Jacobson and 56-year-old Jiang Jennings were charged with sexual servitude and human trafficking felonies. Jacobson and Jennings were earlier charged with facilitating prostitution after an investigation that led to a…

Bismarck man accused of shaking, injuring baby daughter

BISMARCK, N.D. – A Bismarck man was charged with felony child abuse after his baby daughter suffered brain injuries consistent with shaken baby syndrome. A police affidavit says 36-year-old Delaurence Monsegue was arrested Sunday after the baby was taken to a hospital apparently suffering from seizures. The affidavit says health care providers called police after finding injuries that they say…

Rick and Morty holiday art stolen from Fargo yard

FARGO, N.D. – A vandal decides to ruin an artist’s fun neighborhood holiday display. Christina Johnson’s Rick and Morty Christmas themed display had one of its characters stolen from her yard in the 900 block of 10th Street North. Around 11:30 Sunday night, her surveillance camera caught a young man stealing Morty and causing damage to other parts of the…

Four arrested in aggravated assault involving an axe and bat

Fargo Police responded to 809 10th Street South for a man being attacked

FARGO, N.D. — Fargo Police arrest four people connected to a Monday afternoon assault involving an axe and bat. It happened at 809 10th Street South after 1:00 p.m. Witnesses tell police they saw several people attacking a man. Twenty-nine-year-old Valeen Blueshield is accused of using the axe and was arrested for aggravated assault. Sixty-seven-year-old Juan Flores, 41-year-old Tylando Laroque,…

Moorhead Police investigate shooting

MOORHEAD, MN– Police are investigating a shooting that likely involved several people. It isn’t believed that anyone was hurt and no arrests have been made. Police responded to an apartment building in the 2400 block of 4th Ave. N for a disturbance shortly before 9:30 Friday night. As officers were arriving, they were told that a shot had been fired….

Man arrested after chase in Grand Forks

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – A Thanksgiving morning chase ends with a suspect in custody. Grand Forks Police says officers tried to pull over a car near 42nd Avenue South and Demers Avenue shortly after 3:00 matching the description of a car that left the scene of a service call. Authorities say the driver, 29-year-old Cordero Foster, ran a red light…