FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A West Fargo woman has been sentenced after entering an Alford plea for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from her Fargo employer. Mary Peterson admitted there would be enough evidence to convict her of embezzling nearly $830,000 from Lunde Auto, if the case went to trial. Court records say Peterson took the money over a…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Another defendant in a brutal downtown Fargo beating last year has been sentenced for his role in the assault. Terrell Smith will spend 30 days in jail and be on probation for two years after entering an Alford plea to accomplice to aggravated assault last month. The plea means Smith agrees there would be enough evidence…
FARGO, N.D. (KFGO/KVRR) — A third person involved in a downtown Fargo brawl that left one man with serious head and face injuries over a year ago is taking a plea deal. Terrell Smith entered an Alford plea to accomplice to aggravated assault for his part in the brutal April 2024 beating of Sam Pikula. An Alford plea means Smith…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Fargo man who claimed he shot a man in self-defense last September during an argument has entered an Alford plea to manslaughter. That means Tyreik Taylor-Roberts maintains his innocence but admits there is enough evidence to convict him. As part of a plea deal, murder, aggravated assault, fentanyl and drug paraphernalia charges were dropped. The…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Horace, North Dakota teen changes her plea for causing a crash that injured three other teenage girls last summer. 18-year-old McKenzie Moser entered an Alford plea to criminal vehicular injury. That means she acknowledged that that there would be enough evidence to convict her. A trial set to start Tuesday has now been canceled and…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Fargo man who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for attempted murder in 2013 is headed back to prison. A judge sentenced 33-year-old Damon White Bird to twenty years for having sex with a 14-year-old girl in a Fargo park nearly two years ago. White Bird worked with the girl at a Fargo restaurant….
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A man arrested for firing a gun at a woman during a dispute in Mapleton in June enters an Alford plea to aggravated assault during a change of plea hearing in Fargo. An attempted murder charge was dropped against 27-year-old Kyle Quido, who has no permanent address. The Alford plea means he maintains his innocence but…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Moorhead man who crashed into pedestrian bridge pillars along I-94 in Fargo last December while being wanted for luring a minor, is sentenced in court. On Monday, 52-year-old Robby Njos entered an Alford plea to the charge meaning he doesn’t admit guilt, but admits that there is enough evidence for a conviction. He was sentenced…
WARREN, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A former lawyer from Warren has pleaded guilty to the murder of his former wife last August. Anders Odegaard, 32, submitted an Alford plea Thursday in Marshall County District Court, pleading guilty to second-degree murder without intent in committing a felony. Under an Alford plea, a defendant maintains innocence without risking a trial. Odegaard initially pleaded…
Brandon ErbstoesserMOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — A Fargo man is sentenced to five years of supervised probation for his role in the murder of 19-year-old Dystynee Avery in 2020. 35-year-old Brandon Erbstoesser entered an Alford plea to a count of aiding an offender, acknowledging a jury could find him guilty based on the evidence. He was given credit for serving a…
