BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A Jamaican man who authorities said masterminded a lottery scam that defrauded at least 95 mostly elderly Americans out of more than $5.8 million has been sentenced to six years in federal prison. Prosecutors said 29-year-old Lavrick Willocks operated the scam out of a Jamaica mansion. They eventually charged 27 people and identified victims in several…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — In just a few more weeks, the new Clay County Jail will be moving inmates into its housing units. Construction on the jail started in April 2017 and will be able to hold up to 186 inmates. Each of the maximum security, housing units in the facility are named after local rivers including Red River, Buffalo East &…
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) – A Minnesota man has been charged with raping a 12-year-old Kansas girl who was the focus of an Amber Alert. Twenty-three-year-old Dechon Michael White, of South St. Paul, Minnesota, was booked Friday into the Johnson County, Kansas, jail, where his bond is set at $250,000. Federal prosecutors initially charged White with kidnapping after he allegedly took…
MANDAN, N.D. (AP) – A 12-year-old boy has been cited in juvenile court for allegedly attacking a Mandan school bus driver. Authorities say the boy intervened in a dispute between his mother and the 73-year-old driver on Wednesday morning. Police say the boy kicked the man several times in the chest area. The man also suffered a cut chin and…
FARGO, N.D. — Fargo officers arrest one woman after responding to a stabbing at a hotel. Forty-one-year-old Sunnie Darville, of Fargo, was taken into custody after responding officers found a man with a stab wound to his forearm. It happened at the Woodspring Suites at 1090 35th Street North around 1:30 this afternoon. The man’s injuries are non-life threatening. Darville…
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – Two people are accused of trafficking a woman who worked as a prostitute last year in Fargo, Minot, Williston and Tioga. 37-year-old Andrea Beck and 46-year-old Richard Spain allegedly forced the woman to prostitute herself to cover her share of hotel bills and illegal drugs. They each face a felony charge that carries a maximum sentence…
TOWNER, N.D. (AP) _ A Minnesota man charged with attacking a priest in North Dakota is scheduled to change his not guilty plea. Forty-three-year-old Chad Legare, of Alexandria, Minnesota, is accused of assaulting the Rev. Robert Wapenski Jan. 30 at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Anamoose, in a dispute involving a woman. Legare earlier pleaded not guilty to attempted…
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. — One man is taken into custody after walking into the Fergus Falls high school. Parents received a text or an email from the school district letting them know that a man walked into Kennedy Secondary School around 12:45 this afternoon. He was immediately confronted by a staff member for not having the proper ID. Upon leaving…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) _ Police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found in front of a house in Grand Forks. Authorities say officers were called to the scene about 10 a.m. Tuesday and found man was deceased. Police have not released his name so relatives can be notified first. Officials haven’t said if there are…
HALLOCK, MINNESOTA (KFGO) – New information on the case a woman missing and believed to have been murdered in northwestern Minnesota more than 20 years ago. Kittson County Sheriff Steve Porter recently re-opened the cold case file of Becky Jo Look of Halma, last seen in October of 1995. Based on information from the public, the sheriff’s department searched a…
