WARREN, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — An attorney from Warren, Minnesota is now charged with second-degree murder in the beating death of his ex-wife. 31-year-old Anders Odegaard was arrested at his home Tuesday afternoon after two of the couple’s five children stopped a man and asked him to call 911, saying their mother was bleeding and needed help. The complaint says Odegaard…
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…
MINNEAPOLIS – A Twin Cities criminal defense attorney has been convicted of bilking one her clients out of $15,000. The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office says a jury found Kristi McNeilly, 46, of Woodbury, guilty of theft by swindle. Minnesota sentencing guidelines call for her to receive probation and some workhouse time. McNeilly’s client, a 53-year-old man, was arrested for having a…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – A local defense attorney shares his insight on the verdicts in the Derek Chauvin trial. “I think the jury had a very difficult job this is only the second time in the history of Minnesota that a police officer has been convicted for taking somebody’s life while on duty, so it was an enormously difficult task…
ST. PAUL, Minn. — An assistant county attorney for the Becker County Attorney’s Office is appointed to become a District Court Judge in Minnesota’s Seventh Judicial District. Governor Tim Walz announced the appointments of Nathaniel Welte and Laura Moehrle. Both appointments will be chambered in St. Cloud. Moehrle’s appointment will fill a vacancy that occurred upon the retirement of Judge…
FARGO, ND — Assistant Cass County State’s Attorney Tristan Van de Streek is now a judge. Gov. Doug Burgum named Van de Streek to the East Central Judicial District which covers Cass, Traill and Steele Counties. He’s been a county prosecutor since 2007 and also worked as an assistant city attorney in both Fargo and Minot. Van de Streek was one…
FARGO, N.D. — Two men have been sworn in as Cass County Commissioners by Judge Steven McCullough. Duane Breitling now holds the title for Cass County Commissioner who represents District 4. The 71 year old is a retired attorney. Rick Steen was re–elected to the board to represent District 2. The CPA first ran in 2014 and has served as…
NORRISTOWN, PA — Bill Cosby is going to prison. “This is a very important day,” said attorney Gloria Allred. “Judgment day has come.” A Pennsylvania judge has ordered Cosby to spend 3 to ten years in prison, denying the defense attorney’s request for house arrest. They had argued Cosby is blind and only a danger to himself. The 81-year-old known…
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. – Otter Tail County Attorney Michelle Eldien says she’s devastated by the “not guilty” verdicts handed down by a jury in the trial of Adam Sundby. The 31-year-old Sundby was charged with first-degree assault and malicious punishment of a child. He was accused of shaking a 13-month-old baby, causing a brain hemorrhage. At one time, the baby…
The family of Emily Dewey claims she was “taken advantage of” during the final hours of her life in Colorado. The widow of Mahnomen County Deputy Chris Dewey died on January 31. Hannah Rentmeester, Emily’s sister, said a man who claimed to be her boyfriend coerced Emily into making him the executor of her estate hours before she died. She…
