FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo Police arrest a suspect involved in a stabbing in Moorhead. They took 24-year-old Chance Thibert, who has no permanent address, into custody during an incident. Thibert was wanted for stabbing an acquaintance at an apartment in the 3000 block of 18th Street South around 4:40 p.m. The male victim had multiple stab wounds to his…
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Surveillance video helped lead to the arrest of a Fargo man in connection to an assault last week. The victim was struck by a blunt object while clearing snow from an alley behind an apartment building on the city’s south side. Security footage of the incident along with other evidence found at the scene helped officers identify…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Police say a woman in Moorhead was arrested after attempting to light two people on fire. Twenty-five-year-old Kasondra Perez was arrested Friday. Police say Perez went to a home where she assaulted an acquaintance with a knife and tried to light two people on fire with lighter fluid. Authorities also say Perez sexually assaulted another person…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley says a mandatory minimum bill is needed to set tougher jail and prison sentences as violent crime continues to escalate. During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing at the state capitol, Wrigley said many criminals who are convicted of dangerous crimes and imprisoned are out too soon. Wrigley says he has…
MAHNOMEN, Minn. (KVRR) — A Mahnomen man is now charged with attempted murder after a stabbing last week. The victim told authorities that Elias Thompson Jr. is the one who stabbed him in the back at a home near Mahnomen. A witness backed up the victim’s account. The victim was flown to a Fargo hospital with a punctured lung. Officers…
WHITE EARTH, Minn. (KVRR) – A White Earth, Minnesota man will spend 10 years in prison for assaulting a child on the White Earth Indian Reservation. U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger says 30-year-old Edward Duane Fairbanks intentionally shoved the child into a table, causing a serious head injury. The child was taken to the hospital where doctors diagnosed a large skull…
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (KFGO/KVRR) — A Fargo man is facing several felony charges after allegedly assaulting a Barnes County Sheriff’s deputy. Authorities say 49-year-old Dustin Lende was being pursued in Cass County for a prior incident and it ended when he fled into Barnes County. Deputies later responded to a call of a suspicious man in the lobby of a…
Anders Odegaard/ndcourts.govWARREN, Minn. (KFGO) — A lawyer in Warren, Minnesota, northeast of Grand Forks, has been arrested for assaulting his ex-wife, causing serious injuries. 31-year-old Anders Odegaard is in the Marshall County jail. Formal charges are pending. Police and sheriff’s deputies responded to Odegaard’s home in Warren after a report of a domestic argument. 31-year-old Carissa Odegaard of Grand Forks…
JAMESTOWN, N.D. (KFGO/KVRR) — Jamestown Police Chief Scott Edinger was assaulted following a pursuit Tuesday. 42-year-old Jeremiah Mihulka of rural Stutsman County is facing 13 charges including fleeing, reckless driving, resisting arrest and others. Police say Edinger tried to stop Mihulka around 5 pm Tuesday for driving recklessly. He stopped after a five-block chase and assaulted the police chief during…
OTTER TAIL CO., Minn. — A man wanted for seriously assaulting another man with a weapon at a hotel in Starbuck in west-central Minnesota is arrested in Otter Tail County. 41-year-old Justin Cardinal of Columbia Heights, Minnesota, had fled the scene before police arrived Saturday night. Pope County authorities say Cardinal stole a vehicle and drove to Grant County where…
