STURGIS, SD — Highway Patrol officers say crime at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is down from last year, except for drunk driving. Reports show 28 people were arrested for drunk driving in relation to the ride, five more than last year. Officers issued 526 citations so far, down from last year’s 733. They say overall misdemeanor and drug arrests…
D’Angelo Brooks (L), 20; Raekwon Thomas (R), 18 MOORHEAD, Minn. — Two men and a juvenile have been arrested after a drug deal turned into a shooting. It happened Tuesday evening behind the Azool Shopping Mall in south Moorhead. Raekwon Thomas, 18, was taken into custody early this morning. D’Angelo Brooks, 20, was arrested this afternoon in Fargo. A…
Minnesota State Capitol ST. PAUL, Minn. — Officials may make policy changes at the state Capitol after recent demonstrations led to arrests. Members of an advisory panel on Capitol security met Monday to review the current permitting policies for large rallies and protests. Republican State Sen. Warren Limmer of Maple Grove suggested creating a designated protest area outside of the…
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Twenty-one people have been indicted in what authorities call a sophisticated sex trafficking ring. It brought hundreds of women from Thailand to Minneapolis, Chicago, Los Angeles and other cities and forced them to work as prostitutes. Authorities say the members of the ring also laundered millions of dollars in earnings. The sex-trafficking ring started in 2009…
MORTON COUNTY, N.D. — Authorities have declared the main Dakota Access pipeline protest camp officially cleared after arresting the last remaining holdouts. Nearly three dozen people were arrested. It took under four hours as officers methodically checked buildings and arrested anyone they encountered. One man climbed atop a building and stayed there for more than an hour before surrendering. As…
It’s a good thing authorities checked a dumpster in Mapleton. That is where they found one of two suspects accused of breaking into a vehicle in rural West Fargo on Tuesday afternoon. They arrested Clarissa Belgarde, 40, after finding her in the dumpster. An accomplice, Steven Summers, 28, was found hiding near a business. Belgarde and Summers are both accused…
The number of arrests related to protests over construction of the pipeline has surpassed 600. The Morton County Sheriff’s Office says 16 people were arrested Monday and Tuesday in confrontations with police near the protesters’ main encampment near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. The charges range from criminal trespass, engaging in a riot, possession of marijuana, fleeing, assault on…
