BEMIDJI, Minn. (KVRR) — Five people are indicted for multiple child abuse charges including torture and neglect on the Red Lake Indian Reservation. According to court documents, 40-year-old Trina Johnson directed the torture, neglect and abuse of a child in her custody through foster care. The abuse happening between January 1, 2021 and April 29, 2022. Four others are accused…
BISMARCK, N.D. – A Bismarck woman has pleaded not guilty to neglecting her newborn daughter who was found dead when police were called to her home. The felony child neglect charge against 26-year-old Cassandra Black Elk could send her to prison for five years if she is convicted. A South Central District judge scheduled a trial to begin Aug. 2….
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Tokio, North Dakota woman pleads guilty to second-degree murder, three counts of child abuse and child neglect in Indian Country. A five-year-old foster child in the care of Tammy and Erich Longie was found dead in their home on the Spirit Lake Reservation. Authorities say the child died of multiple episodes of inflicted trauma. A…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Another high risk sex offender has a new address in Fargo. Police say Steven Gibson is living at 123 15th Street North/Centre. Gibson was convicted in 2016 in Burleigh County for child neglect and solicitation of gross sexual imposition. The victim was known to him. He will have to register for life. Categories: Local News, North…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Many people around the country are standing together for National Wear Blue Day. April 1st marks the first day of National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Wearing blue signifies the pinwheel, which is a statewide symbol for supporting the effort of keeping children in the community safe. Prevent Child Abuse North Dakota Project Manager, Mary Lizakowski explains…
MINOT, N.D.–A judge has rejected a plea agreement for a Minot man accused of leaving his three young children home alone and threatening a convenience store clerk with a knife. The state agreed to the deal which would have dismissed some charges against 27-year-old Christian Joel Henry. Among the charges against Henry are several counts of child neglect. He’s accused…
MANDAN, N.D.–Five people have been arrested on child endangerment and child neglect charges in Mandan and two of them are also accused of dealing drugs. Police went to a home Tuesday for a welfare check and say they found five children under age 7 who were filthy. Four more children live in the home, but were at school. The five…
MANDAN, N.D.– A Mandan woman has been sentenced to two years of probation for neglecting children in her care. Prosecutors say the three children, all under 8, were unsupervised in a dirty house where they had access to guns and knives. Twenty-six-year-old Hope Althoff pleaded guilty to three felony counts of child neglect Monday and misdemeanor animal neglect in South…
ST. PETER, MN — A St. Peter, Minnesota man has been sentenced to one month in jail for leaving his 5-year-old son alone in the woods as punishment. 32-year-old Gregory Wilson was sentenced for gross misdemeanor child neglect. He pleaded guilty in May. Authorities say Wilson and his girlfriend abandoned the boy in a wooded area south of St. Peter…
MANDAN, N.D. – Police have arrested a Mandan couple after three children were found in filthy conditions with unsecured guns and knives within reach. Police went to the home last week to check on the children’s welfare and say they found a 33-year-old man asleep in a shed, apparently under the influence of drugs. Officers also arrested a 26-year-old woman…
