Crime

Accused Fentanyl Trafficking Kingpin To Plead Guilty

FARGO, N.D. – A man accused of playing a major role in a deadly international fentanyl trafficking operation has signed a federal plea agreement in North Dakota. Daniel Vivas Ceron will plead guilty to three counts, including conspiracy to import controlled substances resulting in serious bodily injury and death. He faces life in prison. The Colombian national allegedly ran his…

Clay County Chase Ends In Rollover Crash In Fargo

Ann Christos was in Fargo and headed towards the 1st Ave bridge when she saw the pursuit cross into North Dakota.

FARGO, N.D. (KFGO) – A police chase through Clay County ended with an upside down car in a Fargo yard. Ann Christos was in Fargo and headed towards the 1st Ave bridge when she saw the pursuit cross into North Dakota. She estimates the runner was going 70 miles per hour. The driver of the red coupe rolled at the…

Downtown Fargo Business Left Damaged After Early Morning Altercation

Survelliance Video of Juice It in Downtown Fargo Reveals Fight left Store Front Broken

FARGO, N.D. — An early morning altercation in Downtown Fargo has left one local business damaged. Juice It said it received a call from police at 1:30 a.m. on Saturday to inform them that a window in their store front had been broken. At first thought to be a break in, a deeper investigation and surveillance video revealed that the…

MN Man Gets Hit in the Face By Fireworks

CROW WING COUNTY, Minn. – A northern Minnesota man lighting illegal fireworks gets injured on the Fourth of July. It happened at a home north of Merrifield, which is near Brainerd. The Crow Wing County Sheriff’s office says the 49-year-old was trying to light four boxes of aerial mortars when one went off and hit him in the face. The…

Fireworks Related Incidents In The F-M Area

WEST FARGO, ND — West Fargo authorities report 15 incident related to fireworks over the July 4th Holiday. West Fargo Fire reports five fireworks related calls for either dumpster or other outside trash, trash or rubbish fire contained or outside rubbish fire. West Fargo Police had 10 fireworks related calls for the following reasons, fireworks shot off outside the time…

Fargo Police Investigating Stabbing

They also discovered the rear windshield of a car had been smashed during the altercation.

FARGO, N.D. (KFGO) Fargo police believe a man was stabbed in the hip with a pocket knife around 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon on the 1600 block of Dakota Drive. They also discovered the rear windshield of a car had been smashed during the altercation. The man was treated on site by FM Ambulance and released. Police have not made any…

Man Arrested For DUI After Hitting Power Pole

Fargo Police say Mohamed A Mohamed was driving intoxicated and suffered minor injuries.

FARGO, N.D. (KFGO) A 33-year-old West Fargo man with no car insurance knocked out power to 100 people after he hit a power pole at 25th St and 17th Ave S in Fargo at 2 a.m. Police say Mohamed A Mohamed was driving intoxicated and suffered minor injuries. He fled on foot following the crash but was arrested when police…

Man Arrested in Otter Tail County for Indecent Exposure

A man and woman were in their home when they saw the man directly facing their property.

OTTER TAIL COUNTY, MINN. (KFGO) – A naked man standing on his pontoon boat on North Turtle Lake, east of Underwood was arrested for indecent exposure. The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office reports a man and woman were in their home when they saw the man directly facing their property, fishing, about 50 feet from shore. 59-year old Michael Blake…

Moorhead Man Arrested in Narcotics Search

12 grams of powder heroin seized at 1220 14th Street North

MOORHEAD, Minn. — One man is arrested after officers find heroin during a narcotics search. Police arrest 34-year-old Dennis Akins, of Moorhead, after searching a house at 1220 14th Street North. Authorities found 12 grams of powder heroin with an estimated street value of $2,400. Six children were in the house at the time with their mother. He is being…

Woman Charged with Aggravated Assault in the Shooting of Two Men in Portland, ND

Traill County Sheriff Steve Hunt says the two men wounded in the shooting have been released from a Fargo hospital.

TRAILL COUNTY, N.D. (KFGO) – Sadie Rix, 32, the woman accused of shooting two men outside a home in Portland, North Dakota Friday night is being held on a $50,000 cash bond in the Grand Forks County Jail, facing two counts of aggravated assault. Traill County  Sheriff Steve Hunt expects those charges will be amended. Hunt says the two men…