Crime

Trio Arrested For Credit Card Fraud in Watertown, SD Tied To Similar Scams in Fargo

WATERTOWN, S.D. (KVRR) — Three people arrested for credit card fraud in Watertown, South Dakota are accused of pulling the same scams earlier in Fargo. Police arrested 19-year-old Joseph Rivers, 20-year-old Labriah Vincent and 18-year-old Hezekiah Vincent, all of Flint, Michigan, for fraudulent use of credit cards, organized retail crime and other charges. The trio were caught after using fraudulent…

Warrant Issued For Battle Lake, MN Man After Illegal Firearms Found In Burned Out House

OTTER TAIL CO., Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A warrant is issued for 53-year-old Troy Moberg after illegally possessed firearms were found in his Battle Lake, Minnesota house following a fire last November. Otter Tail County Deputies and State Fire Marshal’s Office discovered 5 guns damaged by the fire in the bedroom, as well as a bag of meth. Moberg was prohibited…

Fargo Man Arrested After Pursuit And Crash Into Squad Car and Parked Vehicles In West Fargo

WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Another pursuit last night in West Fargo lands 23-year-old Elijah Belgarde of Fargo behind bars. Officers tried to stop Belgarde for an open warrant and suspended license, but he fled. They used a pursuit intervention technique, but Belgarde kept going. He finally came to a stop after hitting a squard car and some parked vehicles….

Sen. Nicole Mitchell faces additional charge in Detroit Lakes burglary

State Sen. Nicole Mitchell (D) Woodbury, Minn.BECKER COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR/FOX 9) — Senator Nicole Mitchell, of Minnesota, faces an additional charge for the burglary at her step-mother’s home in Detroit Lakes. The charge is possession of burglary or theft tools. The criminal complaint says officers found a blue crow bar at the scene. They also found “faint” pry marks on…

Officer Dotas Returns To Work 19 Months After Being Ambushed in South Fargo

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Fargo Police officer Andrew Dotas is back on the force. Dotas and two other officers were ambushed by a gunman on 25th Street South in July 2023. Officer Tyler Hawes and bystander Karlee Koswick were also wounded. Hawes returned to the force last week. Officer Jake Wallin was killed in the ambush. Dotas credits firefighters, who…

Horace, ND Teen Changes Plea In Crash That Injured Three Other Teenagers Last Summer

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Horace, North Dakota teen changes her plea for causing a crash that injured three other teenage girls last summer. 18-year-old McKenzie Moser entered an Alford plea to criminal vehicular injury. That means she acknowledged that that there would be enough evidence to convict her. A trial set to start Tuesday has now been canceled and…

Sentencing hearing set for North Dakota lawmaker convicted of child sex crime

BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A former North Dakota state senator convicted of a child sex crime will be sentenced on March 26. Ray Holmberg, once one of the state’s most powerful lawmakers, pleaded guilty in August to one count of traveling abroad with the intent to have sex with adolescents under age 18. Holmberg’s sentencing hearing will take…

Border Between U.S. and Canada is Secure, but Officials Stress Vigilance

They say all the tools are there to maintain safety.

PEMBINA, ND (KVRR) – Officials on both sides of this US – Canada border say it is very secure at present, but they’re keen to take proactive steps to keep it that way. To that end – two new black hawk helicopters acquired by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police took to the skies on January 17th. In a news release,…