helicopter owned by Doug Schieffer (Cass County District Court exhibit)EAST GULL LAKE, Minn. (KVRR-KFGO) – A Twin Cities man who wants to continue using his helicopter on East Gull Lake in central Minnesota has been ordered to stop landing the helicopter on his property. A Cass County District Court judge has agreed with with the city, ruling Doug Schieffer cannot…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The West Lakeland, Minnesota man who fatally stabbed another man outside SouthTown PourHouse in Fargo nearly two year ago is sentenced to 24 1/2 years in prison. 29-year-old Michael Diedrich was sentenced in Cass County District Court for the murder of 22-year-old Ethan Larson of Newfolden, Minnesota. Back in January, Diedrich entered an Alford plea, agreeing…
Patrick Martin (Cass County Jail photo)FARGO (KFGO/KVRR) – A man charged with murder in the shooting death of another man in Fargo last December has pleaded guilty in Cass County District Court. Patrick Martin, Jr. was in court for a change of plea hearing on Monday, Dec. 29. Fargo Police say 32-year-old Rahsaan Wilson died from multiple gunshot wounds on…
Joshua BrooksFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A change of plea for a Fargo man charged in a fatal drive-by shooting in 2020. Joshua Brooks pleaded guilty to accomplice to murder in Cass County District Court. A second charge of accomplice to aggravated assault was dropped. According to court documents, Santino Marial was shot and killed in August 2020. Marial was with…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A West Fargo in-home daycare provider enters not guilty pleas to all nine counts of child neglect and abuse. 42-year-old Miranda Sorlie entered the pleas on Friday in Cass County District Court. Sorlie is accused of neglecting children under her care between January 2020 and last May. According to court documents, a one-year-old boy was taken…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A former Fargo South band teacher is sentenced to 30 months behind bars for having sex with a 17-year-old female student. Sebastian Tackling must also register as a sex offender and serve five years of probation. Tackling pleaded guilty in January to a count of corruption of a minor in Cass County District Court. A charge…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A former Fargo South band teacher enters a guilty plea to corruption of a minor in Cass County District Court. A charge of possession of prohibited materials was dismissed against Sebastian Tackling. He was arrested last November. Court documents detailed an inappropriate and alleged sexual relationship between the 43-year-old Tackling and a female student. She told…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Hansen Elevator Service of Elbow Lake, Minnesota is banned from doing business in North Dakota, for a second time. Stutsman County District Court ordered its owner, David Hansen, to pay restitution of $26,000. He was also ordered to pay $4,000 in civil penalties and $1,400 in Attorney General’s costs. The court found Hansen engaged in consumer fraud…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A former teacher at Moorhead Alternative Learning Center is jailed on child porn charges. 25-year-old Caleb Brush of Fargo was arrested earlier this month and is charged with two felonies in Cass County District Court. The counts against Brush include: promoting or directing an obscene sexual performance by a minor and possession of certain prohibited materials….
Miguel Cooley Sr.FARGO, N.D. — A Moorhead man will avoid trial after pleading guilty to a drive by murder in Fargo last September. Miguel Cooley Sr. changed his plea in Cass County District Court. He admitted to shooting and killing 20-year-old Gabriel Perez outside the Main Avenue McDonald’s. A possible relationship between Perez and Cooley’s wife may have been the…
