Crime

Former Bouncers Sentenced for Assault at Old Broadway Last Summer

Jeremy Dalton and Jalal BucknerFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) —  Two former bouncers at Old Broadway in downtown Fargo are sentenced for an assault outside the bar last July. Jalal Buckner of Fargo pleaded guilty to accomplice to aggravated assault. A charge of aggravated assault was dismissed. The judge sentenced Buckner to year one in jail and two years of probation. Jeremy…

Fargo Police Officer Zach Robinson To Receive TOP COPS Award, First For North Dakota

Officer Zach RobinsonFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo Police Officer Zach Robinson is one of ten officers across the entire country to be honored with this year’s TOP COPS Award. The awards will be presented by the National Association of Police Organizations at the 31st annual TOP COPS Awards in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, May 12. Robinson is the officer who…

Sen. Nicole Mitchell Pulled From Committees After Arrest in Detroit Lakes

State Sen. Nicole Mitchell (D) Woodbury, Minn.ST. PAUL (KVRR/FOX9) — State Senator Nicole Mitchell of Woodbury, Minnesota is being relieved of her committee assignments and removed from caucus meetings following her arrest for suspected burglary in Detroit Lakes. Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy made the announcement in a statement. She says the case has been sent to the Senate Subcommittee…

Man Faces DUI of Drugs Charge After Crashing And Ending Up In A Slough Near Jamestown

STUTSMAN CO., N.D. (KVRR) — Two people are helped get out of a slough after a crash Thursday afternoon near Jamestown. North Dakota Highway Patrol says the driver, 60-year-old Dwayne Cason of Dickinson, lost control on I-94 and went into the ditch and then across open water. The vehicle came to rest in cattails. Cason and his passenger, 60-year-old Linda Rocha…

Man Arrested in Rural Thompson for Firing Rifle After Deputies Respond To Suicidal Male Call

GRAND FORKS CO., N.D. (KVRR) — A man fires a rifle as Grand Forks County Sheriff’s deputies respond to a call of a suicidal male on a farmstead southwest of Thompson. They called for backup from Regional SWAT Team, Regional UAS and negotiations teams and Grand Forks Police around 7:30 this morning. SWAT members ordered the people inside the home…

Attempt to expedite ethics probe of Minnesota state senator charged with burglary fails on tie vote

State Sen. Nicole Mitchell (D) Woodbury, Minn.ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Republican attempt to expedite an ethics investigation of a Democratic Minnesota state senator who’s facing a felony burglary charge failed on a tie vote Wednesday. Sen. Nicole Mitchell, of Woodbury, was absent as the Senate reconvened for the first time since her arrest early Monday at her estranged stepmother’s home in the…

Two Men Appear in Court Accused of Selling Fentanyl To An Undercover Officer in Halstad, MN

Charlee Fugleberg and Karl LeclairNORMAN CO., Minn. (KVRR) — Two men are arrested after one of them sold 75 M30 fentanyl pills to an undercover officer in Halstad, Minnesota. Pine to Prairie Drug Task Force arrested Charlee Fugleberg last Thursday on drug charges. They also arrested his driver, Karl Leclair, who admitted to smoking fentanyl on the way to the…

State Senator Releases Statement After Being Charged With Breaking Into Stepmother’s Detroit Lakes House

State Sen. Nicole Mitchell (D) Woodbury, Minn.DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR) — State Senator Nicole Mitchell of Woodbury, Minnesota has been charged with burglary for breaking into her stepmother’s house in Detroit Lakes and made her first appearance. She was released without bail on terms of having no contact with her stepmother and obeying a restraining order. Mitchell told police she…

Former Fargo Public Schools Athletic Trainer Sentenced for Sexual Assault of Student

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A former Fargo Public Schools teacher and athletic trainer contracted through Sanford Health has been sentenced to three years in prison for the sexual assault of a 15-year-old boy last summer. Levi Tande changed his plea to guilty during a hearing in January. The judge also gave him 5 years of supervised probation and he must…