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Swenson No Longer Employed by Moorhead Police Department

A media release says that his last date of employment was Friday, May 23, 2025.

May 23, 2025

Gabriel Ostler,

MOORHEAD, MN – The Moorhead Police Department has issued a statement saying that former Captain Deric Swenson is no longer under their employment. Swenson was serving as acting Deputy Chief when he was placed on administrative leave on March 24, 2025. This was following a complaint the city received regarding Swenson. The department says that because his employment expired while…

Mother arrested for second-degree murder of her 20-month-old child

May 23, 2025

KVRR Staff,

MOORHEAD, MINN. — The Moorhead Police Department says the mother of a 20-month-old child that died nearly two weeks ago has been arrested for second degree murder. The Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the child as 20-month-old Jose Lazarus Zamora, of Moorhead, and that their preliminary autopsy ruled the child’s death as a homicide. The child’s mother, 32-year-old Valerie…

1 in Custody Charged with Sex Crimes Against a Minor

May 23, 2025

Emily Welker,

FARGO — West Fargo police are investigating a Fargo man for what they say are sex crimes against a minor as well as drug crimes. Police officials say they got a report Wednesday that Aaron Lowell Cofell, 26, of West Fargo, sexually assaulted a minor and had sexually abused the child on more than one occasion. They say detectives found…

Bismarck man pleads guilty to sexual assaulting 10-year-old girl, faces up to life in prison

May 23, 2025

KVRR Staff,

Isiah SimmsBISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – A Bismarck man charged with multiple counts of gross sexual imposition of a victim under 15 is changing his plea to guilty. Police officers found Isiah Simms with a 10-year-old girl walking around the North Dakota State Capitol grounds on August 23rd, 2024. The girl’s family called police after she reported through Snapchat that she was…

One of Six Suspects Involved in Brutal Downtown Fargo Beating In April 2024 Found Guilty

May 21, 2025

TJ Nelson,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Moorhead man charged in a brutal downtown Fargo assault last year is found guilty on all three counts. 49-year-old John Hernandez was convicted of two counts of aggravated assault and a count of accomplice to aggravated assault. Sentencing is set for September 8. Hernandez was one of six people arrested for the April 6, 2024…

Walsh County Looks Into Moving Ahead With New Jail After Sales Tax Increase Got Voter Approval

May 20, 2025

TJ Nelson,

GRAFTON, N.D. (KVRR) — Walsh County Sheriff Ron Jurgens says the county is looking at moving forward with using the sales tax that passed during last week’s special election for a new jail and or sheriff’s office. Voters approved a three quarter percent sales tax but rejected a 20 mill property tax increase. Both needed to pass for the project…

Man Sentenced for Coercing a Minor in Otter Tail County

May 20, 2025

KVRR Staff,

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A man has been sentenced to four years in prison for sexually coercing a minor in Otter Tail County. Prosecutors say 22-year-old Jose Ramires of Freeport, Minnesota was temporarily living with a family in Otter Tail County last May. That is when he coerced their 13-year-old daughter into acts of a sexual nature. The victim…

SWAT Called In After Domestic Assault Disturbance in Henning, MN

May 20, 2025

TJ Nelson,

HENNING, Minn. (KVRR) — Otter Tail County SWAT is called out to a house in Henning, Minnesota after a man involved in a domestic assault refused to surrender. Otter Tail County deputies arrived at the house around 12:45 a.m. and found an injured woman in the driveway. They contacted 45-year-old Joseph Olson by phone and he refused to come out….

Red Lake Man Found Guilty of Sexually Abusing Incapacitated Minor On Red Lake Reservation

May 20, 2025

TJ Nelson,

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR) — Clarence Clark, Jr. has been found guilty by a federal jury of two counts of sexually abusing a minor on Red Lake Indian Reservation. Court documents and evidence presented at trial, reveal the 37-year-old sexually assaulted a minor who was physically incapacitated at a home in the early morning hours of March 1, 2024. Another…

Grand Forks Man Sentenced In Latest Case of Fleeing Officers

May 19, 2025

TJ Nelson,

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — A Grand Forks man with a history of running from officers is sentenced for fleeing from Grand Forks police in September. 37-year-old Derek Fuglem pleaded guilty to eight of fourteen counts against him including fleeing, preventing arrest and simple assault. Six counts were dismissed. Fuglem was sentenced to four years on the charges followed by…