UPDATE: The Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office says the remains of what’s believed to be two people were found Monday and one person has been arrested for unrelated charges. Authorities say they received a call from a concerned family member around 11:00 AM Monday of a possible missing person who traveled to the Bemidji area from the Twin Cities metro. The…
DUNVILLA, Minn. — A teen driving a UTV was arrested after another teen was hurt in Otter Tail County. The teen made a sudden change in course and caused a 17-year-old boy in the rear cargo area to be thrown after two in the morning on Saturday east of Dunvilla. The boy suffered serious head injuries. He was taken to…
FOSSTON, Minn. — A teen wanted on outstanding felony warrants in Illinois tried to out run authorities in Fosston, Minnesota. A Polk County Deputy attempted to arrest 18-year-old Alexander Thompson around 9:30 Thursday morning. Thompson fled on foot but was soon found hiding inside a building. He was booked into the Northwest Regional Correctional Center on the outstanding warrants out…
Gallagher and WendtSIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Disturbing details are emerging about two former employees at a Sioux Falls daycare. 31-year-old Teresa Gallagher and 22-year-old Kenedi Wendt were arrested on Friday and were each charged with 25 counts of child abuse. Police say the two were harming children three to four years old during nap-time at Little Blessings Learning Center. They’re…
FARGO, N.D. — You can run but you can’t hide from K9 Blue. Twenty-three–year–old Tanner Oye of Frontier was wanted on outstanding warrants. But when officers from the Cass County Sheriff’s Office and Fargo Police Department showed up at his house last night, Oye ran. K9 Blue tracked him to a dumpster at Burger King on 52nd Avenue South in…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — A Grand Forks Police officer was hurt during a confrontation with a suspicious male. Police were called to the Loaf ‘N Jug on Gateway Drive around 9 am Wednesday morning for a man acting strangely in the bathroom. They talked with 20–year–old Hunter Belgarde and sent him on his way. Belgarde then stepped in front of…
FERTILE, Minn. — A suspect in a domestic assault led authorities on a high speed chase that reached 100 miles per hour. Polk County deputies tried to stop 27-year-old Aaron Jagol of Fertile early Tuesday morning. The pursuit lasted about 8 miles but was ended due to fog and icy roads. Jagol was soon found stuck in a ditch in…
BISMARCK, ND — A man waving a machete and yelling incoherently at a Walmart store in Bismarck was arrested. Officers were called to the store around 11 a.m. and tried to talk 25-year-old Darvens Jean Mary into putting down the machete. Police say the Bismarck man would not comply, so an officer used a stun gun to take him…
BEMIDJI, Minn. — A Bemidji man faces charges of attempted murder and arson after a fire near Bemidji. Damian Smith, 20, was arrested at the scene Monday night. Beltrami County deputies say Smith was acting strangely. He was taken to the hospital for treatment of exposure to smoke before he was booked into jail. Crews arrived at the house…
RICHLAND COUNTY, ND — A Breckenridge man was hurt and arrested for DUI after crashing his pickup on a road north of Fairmount shortly before 3 a.m. The Richland County Sheriff’s Office says 48-year old Mark Vergal lost control of his pickup on a rural road, slid into a ditch, hit an embankment and rolled, coming to rest on…
