FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (AP) — An Indian national who survived a treacherous trek across the U.S.-Canada border in blizzard conditions testified Wednesday that he got separated from a family of four shortly before they froze to death. Yash Patel took the stand on the third day of the trial of Indian national Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel, 29, and Steve Shand, 50, of Florida. Prosecutors…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Fargo man pleads guilty in federal court to one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Police arrested 20-year-old Kadar Pearson while investigating a shots fired report near The Arbors apartment complex. They found Pearson wearing a sweatshirt and ski mask, though the temperature was in the mid-70s. He fled and tossed a…
This combination image shows left to right; undated photo released by the Sherburne County Sheriff’s Office shows Harshkumar Patel in Elk River, Minn., and undated photo released by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shows Steve Shand. (AP Photo)FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (AP) — A man convicted of human smuggling testified Tuesday that he shuttled more than 500 Indian migrants across…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — A Grand Forks man faces charges after fleeing from police, crashing and attempting to get away on foot. Police tried to stop 37-year-old Brody Welsh last night for a traffic violation near Lincoln Park. Welsh sped off and eventually crashed into a pump station building where he got out of the vehicle and fled. He…
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR) — Prosecutors say Harshkumar Patel and Steve Shand put financial profit over human life when they attempted to smuggle migrants from India across the U.S.-Canada border into Minnesota over five weeks. Daryl Ritchison, a climatologist and director of the North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network, testified that temperatures were abnormally cold that January morning with wind chills…
WEST FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – A 67-year-old Fargo man is in jail after leading police on a chase through West Fargo Monday. Police say officers tried to stop a vehicle driven by Sultan Osman shortly after 5 p.m. for a traffic violation on 9th Street S., but Osman fled. Officers began a pursuit. They followed Osman through the Charleswood neighborhood and…
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR) — It was a packed house at the courthouse full of people waiting for the jury selection. The case, for two men accused of being part of a criminal network that stretched around the world. Federal prosecutors say Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel and Steve Shand were part of an operation that scouted clients in India arranging visas,…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A person who was questioned about a shooting on Sunday, November 10th in the 800 block of 10th Street South in Fargo has been released from custody. They say it all started with a call about a burglary in progress. The person who was shot was hospitalized and is stable condition. Police say the case has…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Another one of the six defendants in a brutal downtown Fargo beating has pleaded guilty to being an accomplice to aggravated assault. Travis Ledoux was arrested in April for his part in the early morning beating on NP Avenue that left two men who tried breaking up a fight with severe injuries. One of the men,…
Courtesy: Fargo Police DepartmentFARGO — The Fargo Police Department is identifying the man officers shot and killed in south Fargo Wednesday, Nov. 13. They are also identifying the officers involved in the shooting. The man who died is 65-year-old Peter Greco of Fargo. According to police, they responded to a call about a suicidal man at around 10:50 Wednesday morning….
