Crime

Handgun scare at Grand Forks County Office

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Confusion over a handgun at the Grand Forks County Office brings out several deputies. The sheriff’s office responded the the office’s fourth floor for a man with a handgun. They approached the situation similar to an active shooter. When deputies questioned the man, they found he did not have a handgun but an electrical shock-style…

North Dakota prisons to begin using waitlist due to lack of beds

Entrance sign at the gate of the Missouri River Correctional Center in Bismarck on June 6, 2024. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (Mary Steurer – North Dakota Monitor) The North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation will begin using a waitlist to decide who to admit to prison first after running out of beds for male inmates. North Dakota’s prison…

Man identified in officer-involved shooting in southwest Minot

MINOT, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – Minot police have identified 39-year-old Michael Bryant of Washburn, North Dakota as the man who died in an officer-involved shooting during a domestic disturbance. The officers involved remain on administrative leave pending the investigation’s results. The BCI will release the officers’ identities and the body cam footage later. Friday morning, Minot Central Dispatch received a call…

Charges Filed Against Two Men for Murder of Grand Forks Man Last Week

Donald Bartlette and Nicholas Wride-ArnoldGRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A homeless man is charged with murder in the death of Anthony Kiehl in his Grand Forks apartment last Thursday night. 45-year-old Donald Bartlette told another man living in the apartment building that Kiehl came at him with a knife and he had to beat him up. An affidavit of probable…

Charges Expected for Anthony Kiehl Murder Thursday Night in Grand Forks

Donald Bartlette and Nicholas Wride-ArnoldGRAND FORKS, N.D.(KVRR) — Charges have been forwarded to the Grand Forks County State’s Attorney’s office after the murder of Anthony Kiehl late Thursday night. 45-year-old Donald Bartlette faces a charge of murder while 35-year-old Nicholas Wride-Arnold could face a charge of conspiracy to commit murder. Officers found the 49-year-old Kiehl unresponsive at a home on…

Woman charged with murder in overdose death

Kaitlyn Carroll (Otter Tail County Detention Center)FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – A woman has been charged with 3rd degree murder in the drug overdose death of a man in rural Fergus Falls in early August. Kaitlyn Carroll, 26, of Elizabeth, is accused in of supplying a mixture of methamphetamine and fentanyl to a 28-year-old man, who was found unresponsive in…

Man who caused thousands of dollars worth of damage to internet, cable lines in Fargo sentenced

Timothy Windels (Cass Co. jail)FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – A man who caused thousands of dollars in damage to internet and cable lines in Fargo in August has been sentenced to 180 days in jail. Timothy Windels pleaded guilty and admitted to using an angle grinder to cut Midco lines at seven locations around Fargo causing significant outages to residential and business customers….

Three men arrested in drug trafficking bust

From left to right, David White, Martin White, and 57-year-old Mark Watson. MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Police arrest three men for trafficking drugs from the Twin Cities into Moorhead. David White, 45,  and Martin White, 54, both of St. Paul, and Mark Watson,57, of Moorhead, are in the Clay County Jail for felony drug charges for possession and distribution. An…