Esiquio Hernandez (L), John Hernandez (R) FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — The final two suspects wanted in a brutal downtown Fargo assault last month have been arrested. 26-year-old Esiquio Hernandez of Moorhead was arrested for robbery, aggravated assault, and accomplice to aggravated assault. 48-year-old John Hernandez of Moorhead was arrested for aggravated assault, accomplice to aggravated assault, and possession of drug…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Fargo man faces charges after a pursuit and arrest by West Fargo Police. Officers attempted to stop 51-year-old Michael Samuelson early this morning in a vehicle that was reported stolen. Samuelson fled but eventually drove off the road and was taken into custody. He faces a number of felony warrants, possession of meth and…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Police are investigating after a man was found stabbed with a screwdriver in the 900 block of 6th Avenue North in Fargo. The call came in around 9:30 last night. The victim was taken the hospital with serious, but non-life threatening injuries. Officers say they spoke to several witnesses and gathered evidence at the scene. They…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A West Fargo woman charged in a deadly motorcycle crash in April 2023 has been sentenced to time served and three years of probation. Taquoya Saldana had changed her plea to guilty to reckless endangerment in the crash that killed 31-year-old Thomas Fradet of Fargo. The judge sentenced Saldana to 120 days of a five year…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — A man is arrested in Moorhead for violating a protection order. Police say 39-year-old Justin Plattner is prohibited from entering a home in the 1300 block of 6th Avenue North. Before 4 p.m., a large police presence showed up. After about 45 minutes of negotiating with Plattner over the phone, police took him into custody. Plattner…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo Police Department is working to improve data on traffic stops in the city. Chief Dave Zibolski told the Police Advisory and Oversight Board that it will help to gather data to determine trends, complaints, ethnic background and analysis. Traffic stops currently go through an electronic system but it does not cover all instances. Warnings are…
Judge Sarah Hennesy & Judge Greta Smolnisky ST. PAUL (KVRR) — Gov. Tim Walz is looking to appoint two new judges in the Seventh Judicial District. One of the vacancies occurred upon the elevation of Judge Sarah Hennesy in St. Cloud to the Minnesota Supreme Court. The other comes with the resignation of Judge Greta Smolnisky in Moorhead who was…
CASSELTON — An Omaha, Nebraska man is hospitalized after North Dakota State troopers say he was hit when he tried to cross the train tracks just west of Casselton ahead of an oncoming BNSF train. NDHP says the 43-year-old was driving a 2021 Toyota Tacoma southbound on 154th Ave around 7 a.m. Wednesday at the same time the train…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — A somber night under the stars in Washington, D.C. during National Police Week. The names of hundreds of officers killed in the line of duty are read during the 36th Annual Candlelight Vigil. “From the state of North Dakota: Charles McCarthy. Jake Ryan Wallin. Continuing from the state of North Dakota: Paul Steven Martin. “Their…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — A Grand Forks man charged with slashing dozens of tires in the city has changed his plea to guilty. 31-year-old Matthew Morris was charged with a felony count of criminal mischief willful damage intentional of over $10,000. Police used surveillance images to tie Morris to the damage of more than 50 vehicles in an area…
