MAHNOMEN, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A White Earth tribal member who sold marijuana without a license has been charged with a felony for illegal cannabis possession by the Mahnomen County attorney. That launches the first test of the state’s authority to prosecute marijuana crimes on tribal land post-legalization. Todd Thompson began selling cannabis with four other tribal members from his store…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Fargo woman accused of running people down outside Cairo Restaurant and Bar back in February has entered not guilty pleas to all six counts. 24-year-old Princess Gweh is charged with attempted murder, reckless endangerment, criminal mischief and DUI refusal. Court records show Gweh had argued with a woman inside and outside the bar. One victim…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — The Larimore, North Dakota man who was shot by authorities after an alleged murder is now out of the hospital and in jail. 43-year-old Troy Larson was released from Altru Hospital on Tuesday and moved to Grand Forks County Correctional Center. Larson is charged with felony double a murder, attempted murder and seven counts of…
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A man wanted in a St. Paul shooting is in the Otter Tail County Jail. Fergus Falls police responded to a call of a domestic argument at a home on College Street shortly after 1 a.m. Monday. Nineteen-year-old Zykevious Crosby was arrested after police used a search warrant. He was wanted on an outstanding warrant…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — McLean County State’s Attorney Ladd Erickson says he does not plan to recommend a jail sentence for Bismarck lawmaker Jason Dockter. He has been convicted of violating an obscure conflict of interest law in the lease of an office building. It took the district court jury on Friday about 90 minutes to find Dockter guilty of…
DULUTH, Minn. (KVRR) — A Red Lake woman has been charged with murder, arson, and child neglect following the death of two young children on the Red Lake Indian Reservation. Court records say that on March 15, 35-year-old Jennifer Stately, attacked and killed two children. She then set fire to the home and then took off in her vehicle with…
Courtesy, KFGOFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – One person is arrested on multiple charges after fleeing from a Cass County deputy. Jens Tinjum, 40, of Fargo, was driving around 8:00 p.m. when a deputy tried pulling the vehicle over for reckless driving. The sheriff’s office says Tinjum fled and crashed into an unoccupied vehicle in the 3600 block of 18th Street South….
POLK CO., Minn. (KVRR) — Polk County Sheriff’s Office is warning businesses about fake IDs being used in the county. They shared these examples of fake IDs compared to legal IDs. They say under a black light, the holograms on the front of the fake ones glow much brighter and transmit through the reverse side of the card. On the…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Drug Enforcement Administration has proposed reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug, recognizing its medical uses and lower potential for abuse. The proposal would see marijuana moved from a Schedule I controlled substance to Schedule III controlled substance, below drugs like fentanyl and methamphetamine. For Steve Bakken, chairman of New Economic Frontier who are backing…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Fargo man who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for attempted murder in 2013 is headed back to prison. A judge sentenced 33-year-old Damon White Bird to twenty years for having sex with a 14-year-old girl in a Fargo park nearly two years ago. White Bird worked with the girl at a Fargo restaurant….
