Crime

Man Arrested After 10 Pounds of Meth Was Found During Search Warrant

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — A Moorhead man was arrested last week after an investigation and search uncovered ten pounds of meth. 45-year-old Cory McKay was arrested on aggravated controlled substance charges. Last Wednesday, a number of agencies conducted a search warrant in the 200 block of 16th Street South after detectives concluded that McKay was trafficking large quantities of controlled…

K-9 Tracks Down Burglary Suspect South of NDSU

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A man suspected of breaking into a north Fargo home early this morning is tracked down by a K-9, south of NDSU. Police say 49-year-old Jason Giemza of Fargo broke a window and attempted to steal property from a home in the 900 block of College Street North around 2 a.m. Officers attempted a brief foot…

Underwood, MN Man Accused of Stealing Over $3,400 From Former Employer in Ottertail

OTTERTAIL, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A man from Underwood, Minnesota is accused of stealing over $3,400 from his former employer in Ottertail. According to court documents, the district manager of the business reported that 54-year-old Martin Krenz had taken two separate cash deposits from the store last November. Krenz told an Otter Tail County deputy that the store had wronged him,…

UPDATE: Bizarre Attempted Robbery in Fargo Involved “Online” Girlfriend

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…

Vehicle Bursts Into Flames During High-Speed Chase Through Three Counties, Suspect Eventually Caught

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…

Audit finds Minnesota agency’s lax oversight fostered theft of $250M from federal food aid program

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…

Grand Forks man sentenced to 40 years in prison for child porn asks for appeal

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…

Senate Panel Holds Hearing on State Sen. Mitchell Ethics Complaint

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…