FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Two people are in custody after a bizarre attempted robbery in Fargo Friday. According to Fargo Police, a man was the victim of an attempted robbery at gunpoint involving a woman he thought was his online girlfriend Friday evening. The attempted robbery occurred in a hotel room at the Expressway Suites on 17th Ave. S in…
RICHLAND CO. N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — There is not much left of a vehicle involved in a high-speed chase through three counties before it was abandoned and started on fire, igniting a grass fire in Richland County. The chase involving 43-year-old Mark Crompton started around 5 p.m. Wednesday near Felton, Minnesota. He led officers through Clay, Cass and Richland Counties before…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota agency’s inadequate oversight of a federal program that was meant to provide food to kids, and its failure to act on red flags, created the opportunities that led to the theft of $250 million in one of the country’s largest pandemic aid fraud cases, the Legislature’s watchdog arm said Thursday in a scathing report. The Minnesota Department…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — The defense team for a Grand Forks man sentenced to decades in prison in a high-profile federal child pornography case is appealing his sentence to the Eighth Circuit Court. Nicholas Morgan-Derosier pleaded guilty to seven charges of possessing and distributing child porn in September and was sentenced last month. The prosecution recommended a 30-year sentence, but…
MINNESOTA (KVRR) — Seatbelts save lives and it is the law to wear one, which is why Minnesota Department of Public Safety ran their Click It or Ticket campaign from May 20th through June 2nd. More than 1,900 citations were given out for seat belt violations while there were 108 child restraint citations, as well. While there were more citations…
ST. PAUL (KVRR/KFGO) — A Senate Ethics committee holds another hearing on Minnesota DFL State Senator Nicole Mitchell in St. Paul. Mitchell did not appear at the brief hearing. Many in the Minnesota DFL party, including Gov. Tim Walz, have called for her resignation after her arrest for burglary at her stepmother’s home in Detroit Lakes in April. Mitchell told…
Lance TylerSARGENT CO., N.D. (KVRR) — A Forman, North Dakota teen reaches a plea deal for setting another teen on fire in Sargent County in February. 19-year-old Lance Tyler pleaded guilty to misdemeanor reckless endangerment on Tuesday. He was initially charged with felony aggravated assault with a dangerous weapon. Tyler was sentenced to 33 days in jail and given credit…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Wyndmere, North Dakota man is arrested after a short pursuit last night on a motorcycle in south Fargo. A Cass County Sheriff’s deputy spotted 23-year-old Andrew Vasquez driving recklessly and popping wheelies on 32nd Avenue South and University Drive. He fled down a dead-end street and the deputy tried to grab his arm but he…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Charges are filed against a Fargo man accused of an alcohol-related, hit-and-run crash that left two people with serious injuries in south Fargo Saturday afternoon. 24-year-old Nicholas Tschosik is charged with DUI, DUI test refusal, two counts of leaving the scene of an injury accident, reckless driving, and driving under suspension. Witnesses told officers they saw…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Bail is set at $1 million for the Fargo man who told officers that he killed his girlfriend and put her body in the closet. 61-year-old Randall Duffy made his first court appearance in Cass County Court. He is charged with murder and domestic violence. Court records show Duffy called police just before noon on Saturday…
