WAHPETON, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A woman is charged in Richland County for her role in trafficking two minors. Court documents say last August, 36-year-old Ruby Martinez brought two 15-year-old girls to a hotel in Wahpeton where the victims performed sex acts on two construction workers for money or narcotics. Last month, Martinez and 31-year-old Javier Martinez brought one of the…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Police are investigating a shooting at VIP Barber Shop and Salon in Fargo that left one man with an injury to his leg. Just before 7 p.m. last night, witnesses say two barbers got into an argument. One of the men shot the other in the leg. They say the shooter called 911 to self-report the…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR: 5pm Update) — A man stabbed in the chest in north Moorhead has died of his injuries at Sanford Medical Center. 47-year-old Connie Jo Frank is booked into Clay County Jail for second degree murder and DWI. Police will not release the name of the victim until family members can be notified. Police say they responded to…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The man charged with murder for a deadly stabbing outside a Fargo bar earlier this year has entered a not guilty plea. Michael Diedrich is accused of stabbing and killing 22-year-old Ethan Larson of Newfolden, Minnesota during a fight outside SouthTown PourHouse on March 28. Investigators say a bartender reported that the men agreed to go…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — State charges against a Fargo man for unlawful possession of a firearm, escape and refusal to halt have been dropped after he was indicted in federal court. Kadar Pearson made his initial appearance and arraignment this morning after the grandy jury indictment was unsealed with a charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon….
JAMESTOWN (KVRR) – A 59-year-old man has been arrested by the Jamestown Police Dept. for alleged sex crimes against children. Mark Windish of Jamestown was taken in on suspicion of of gross sexual imposition, continuous sexual abuse of a child and patronizing a minor for commercial sex activity. The investigation was started on July 14 according to the report, and…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge in North Dakota has thrown out the remainder of a lawsuit by an Arizona man who alleged excessive force was used against him when he was protesting the Dakota Access oil pipeline. In 2019, Marcus Mitchell sued several law enforcement officers, the city of Bismarck and Morton County. He alleged officers targeted him…
ST. CROIX CO., WI — Nicolae Miu, who was found guilty in April of stabbing several people including one fatally on the Apple River in St. Croix County, Wisconsin, is sentenced to 20 years in prison. The 54-year-old Miu of Prior Lake faced up to 97 years in prison after he was charged and convicted of first-degree reckless homicide in the…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Fargo Police are investigating a possible shooting at Summit Point Apartments in the 1700 block of Gold Drive South. Officers responded about 12:45 a.m. where they found one victim with non-life-threatening injuries to their leg. They were taken to a local hospital for treatment. Police are not releasing any other details and say the incident remains…
WAHPETON, N.D. (KFGO) – Two Wahpeton men are charged with sexually trafficking a 16-year-old girl in Wahpeton. According to court documents, Javier Martinez brought the girl to the home of Antonio Harris where Harris held the girl and repeatedly raped her over a two-week period. Investigators say Martinez brought the girl to Harris’s home knowing he would force her to…
