UPDATE: Fargo Police identify the woman found in the Cash Wise parking lot on 33rd Street South Wednesday as 65-year-old Barbara Anne Barry and say she was “believed to be deceased for a few months.” Authorities do not suspect foul play. They believe Barry is homeless and was not reported as a missing person. The incident remains under investigation. …
UPDATE – Fargo Police identify the couple as 78-year-old John T. Ham and 80-year-old Lois Ann Ham. FARGO, N.D. — An elderly man and woman were found dead this morning at 1814 16th Street South from gunshot wounds. Fargo Police responded around 11 a-m. Neighbors say there was lots of commotion on the street with all emergency vehicles. Police…
BISMARCK, N.D. – A Beulah High School teacher is accused of sending nude photos of herself to a 17-year-old male student via social media. 22-year-old Kelsie Schmidt faces a felony luring charge. School Superintendent Travis Jordan says the first-year teacher has been placed on administrative leave, and that the school district is conducting its own investigation. Schmidt’s attorney, Tom Dickson,…
FARGO, N.D. (KFGO) – A Fargo man charged in the robbery of a Fargo jewelry store has been sentenced to 4 years in prison. Victor Velazquez pleaded guilty to one felony count of robbery with a firearm. He will also be on supervised probation for two years on his release and was given credit for 208 days already spent in…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. – Charges are pending against a Grand Forks woman after police say she fired a shotgun inside an apartment Tuesday morning. Grand Forks Police was notified around 11:40 about the gun being fired on the 800 block of University Avenue. A renter says she mishandled the gun and a round went through the floor and went into…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KFGO) – A Grand Forks police K-9 and his officer handler are credited with helping make a large drug seizure in the city over the weekend. Police say K-9 Shelby and Corporal Andrew Ebertowski were assisting Grand Forks County Deputies on a traffic stop n the 4300 block of Gateway Drive when Shelby “alerted” to the smell…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — The Grand Forks Police Department has found a dead man in the 400 block of N. 4th St. When officers arrived, they found the man unresponsive in the enclosed box of a pickup truck. The cause of death is not known. Police say there are no signs of foul play. The investigation is ongoing. If anyone has…
MANKATO, MN — A 40 year old Mankato, MN woman is charged with endangering a child after her two year old, who was strapped in a car seat, fell out of the car she was driving earlier this week. Maimuna Hassan is facing up to one year in prison and a $3,000 fine for the gross misdemeanor. She is also…
FARGO, ND — Fargo Police are issuing a warning about the Felony Lane Gang. They break into unattended vehicles in parking lots and take purses for the cash, credit cards, checkbooks and ID’s inside. Last January, Fargo had at least 12 cases linked to the nationwide theft ring. The suspects targeted fitness centers, daycares, movie theaters, sporting events, cemeteries, and…
FERGUS FALLS (KFGO) – A judge has sentenced a man to a year and a day in prison for violating a no contact order in a domestic assault case. 38-year-old George Solis made hundreds of calls from jail to the woman who he wasn’t supposed to contact. He was urging the woman to have the no contact order dropped. She…
