Crime

Two Charged in Red Lake Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy

ST. PAUL (KVRR) — Two people from Bemidji are indicted for selling fentanyl in and around Red Lake Indian Reservation and throughout Minnesota. 28-year-old Derek Paddy and 20-year-old Robyn Lussier had over 40 grams of fentanyl on them when arrested last November. They made their initial appearances in U.S. District Court last Friday. They are both charged with one count…

Democrat State Rep. Hicks Home Vandalized in Rochester

ROCHESTER, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Democratic state lawmaker from Rochester says her home was vandalized with racist and anti-Semitic graffiti over the weekend. Representative Kim Hicks posted photos of KKK and swastikas spray painted on her shed, several political yard signs with racial slurs and hate speech, and a broken window. Her husband told police their Ring camera picked up…

Another Arrest Made in Human Trafficking Case in Wahpeton

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…

Michael Diedrich Pleads Not Guilty In Deadly Stabbing Outside Fargo Bar

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…

Man Indicted By Grand Jury After June Arrest Near The Arbors With Loaded Pistol

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….