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North Dakota Dioceses Release List of Priests with Substantiated Claims

The lists consist of 53 clergy members.
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BISMARCK, N.D.–The Diocese of Bismarck and the Diocese of Fargo released lists of priests who have substantiated claims against them today. A substantiated claim is an allegation that a priest, deacon, monsignor or bishop sexually abused a minor during his appointment within the Diocese. Bishop David Kagen said he chose to publicly identify the priests “In the interest of transparency…
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Man Suspected of DWI Arrested in Polk County after Crash

The man was traveling on County Road 113 when his vehicle left the roadway and struck a power pole.
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MENTOR, Minn.–The Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man on suspicion of DWI in Mentor shortly after 1:30 a.m. on Wednesday. The 36-year-old man was traveling on County Road 113 when his vehicle left the roadway and struck a power pole. The man was transported to a hospital in Crookston where he was treated for non-life threatening injures.   Categories:…
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Man Arrested In Connection With Moorhead Stabbing

Police were able to immediately locate and arrest 44-year-old Ortis Alderman.
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MOORHEAD, Minn. (KFGO) – Moorhead Police Officers were dispatched to a south Moorhead apartment New Years’ Eve on a report of a stabbing. When officers arrived at the apartment at 1901 20th Street South they found a man with a stab wound to the arm. Police were able to immediately locate and arrest 44-year-old Ortis Alderman. He is being held at…
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Man arrested after Deputy used Taser & pepper spray

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CLAY COUNTY, Minn. – A man wanted in connection with thefts in Bemidji gets arrested in Clay County after being tazed. Sheriff Mark Empting says 35-year old Marcus Kingbird fled when a deputy attempted to make a traffic stop in the Sabin area. There was a brief pursuit that ended when Kingbird’s vehicle got stuck in a driveway. He fought…
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Mail taken from boxes in Grand Forks

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GRAND FORKS, N.D. – Police warn about thefts from mailboxes in Grand Forks. Most of the reports are from an area south of 24th Avenue and east of South 20th Street late at night or early in the morning. Suspect vehicles are a dark SUV and a white four door sedan. Police recommend you not to leave outgoing mail in…
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Minnesota revenge porn law struck down by appeals court

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ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) – The state Court of Appeals has struck down Minnesota’s revenge porn law, arguing that the law is too broad because it does not require the state to prove a person meant harm by posting inappropriate photos of an ex-lover online. The ruling came in the case of Michael Casillas, a man convicted in 2017 and sentenced…
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Minnesota Woman Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murder

Riess led authorities on a cross-country manhunt before she was captured in April 2018 in Texas.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.–A Minnesota woman has pleaded guilty to killing a Florida woman who prosecutors said was targeted because the two looked alike. Officials say 57-year-old Lois Riess will serve a life sentence in prison for the first-degree murder of Pamela Hutchinson. Officials say Riess targeted Hutchinson because they shared similar features, and because Riess wanted to assume Hutchinson’s identity….
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Teen Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Attack on Guards

The inmates were accused of choking one guard and handcuffing him.
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MANDAN, N.D.–A teenager has been sentenced to five years in prison for taking part in an attack on guards at a juvenile corrections center in Mandan. Seventeen-year-old Elijah Barse and three other youths were accused in the uprising at the Youth Correctional Center in January 2018. The inmates were accused of choking one guard and handcuffing him in an attempt…
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Woman Arrested After Nearly Striking Trooper

32-year-old Jennifer Hirchert almost struck the officer, who was providing traffic control for a tow truck.
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FARGO (KFGO) – A Fargo woman who nearly hit a state trooper on I-94 in Fargo Fri. morning was arrested for drunken driving. 32-year-old Jennifer Hirchert almost struck the officer, who was providing traffic control for a tow truck. The patrol says Hirchert has four past DUI convictions and this her second arrest this year. Her blood-alcohol level was .17…