Crime

UPDATE: arrest made in downtown Fargo shots fired investigation

The incident took place just after 2:00 A.M. on the morning of June 6.

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO: UPDATE) — A woman has been arrested after multiple gunshots were fired during a large disturbance in downtown Fargo early Saturday morning. Fargo Police say 43-year-old Miiko Baldwin was arrested by Metro Area Street Crimes Unit on a Class B felony charge of reckless endangerment involving a firearm. Baldwin was arrested in West Fargo without incident and…

St. Paul city attorney: No state charges for anti-ICE church demonstrators

ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR/CNN) — The city attorney in St. Paul announces the group of demonstrators who disrupted a church service in January won’t face state charges. Dozens of people were indicted on federal charges, in connection to the protest at Cities Church. According to the Justice Department, the protesters, including journalist Don Lemon, entered the church building alleging that…

Woman convicted of murder in northwest Minnesota

Jordan Hanson (Kittson County Jail)HALLOCK, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – A Kennedy, Minnesota woman has been convicted of second-degree felony murder in Kittson County. Jordan Carol Hanson pleaded guilty May 28 in the shooting death of Justin Esparza, who was killed at his home in March of last year. The case was prosecuted by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office after a…

Police investigating assault in downtown Fargo

FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Police are investigating after an argument led to an assault this Tuesday morning in downtown Fargo. Around 3:30 a.m., officers were called to the 500 block of Broadway N. They say two males were arguing over some property. The suspect assaulted the victim with a blunt object and left the scene. He has not been found. A…

Moorhead Police warns parents to check their students backpacks after a dozen students fall sick from THC candy

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Twelve students at Horizon Middle School fell ill after they consumed what was said to be candy. But Moorhead Police discovered that the candy was actually THC. “This was more than just a little weed. And that children were directly exposed to THC-infused products that were very evidently packaged to look like candy. And actually appeared…

Man wanted for earlier hit-and-run charged after high-speed chase

Brandon Pelter (Cass County Jail photo)FARGO (KFGO) — A Fargo man is facing six felony charges after a high-speed chase in Fargo Tuesday night. 24-year-old Brandon Peltier was also a suspect in a hit-and-run crash earlier that day. Court documents say Fargo police assisted Moorhead police in searching for a domestic incident. The vehicle was located just before 10:30 p.m….

High-Risk Sex Offender Registers at 214 23rd St. S. in Fargo

Terry Lee Kern, 66. Courtesy: Fargo Police DepartmentFARGO — The Fargo Police Department is notifying the community that a registered sex offender, Terry Lee Kern, registered at 214 23rd St. S. in Fargo. Kern, 66, was assessed as a high risk offender by the North Dakota Sex Offender Risk Assessment Committee after he was convicted in Cass County District Court…

North Mankato Police ID 17-year-old killed in shooting

NORTH MANKATO, Minn. – Authorities are identifying the 17-year-old boy who died of a gunshot wound following a car crash in North Mankato. Officers say Tyson Michael Goodsell died in the hospital. Police were called to a vehicle crashing into a town house late Saturday night when they found Goodsell unresponsive with a gunshot wound. Investigators are asking anyone with…