FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo Police released its 2023 crime report, and one of the biggest takeaways is the amount of fentanyl pills that were seized. Cass County Drug Task Force, which includes Fargo Police, seized more than 85,000 pills last year. That is an increase of 126% from 2022. But the most alarming stat that wasn’t in the report,…
FARGO (KVRR) – The Cass County Drug Task Force seized 85,660 fentanyl pills in 2023, an increase of 126% from the previous year. The figures are published in the Fargo Police Department’s annual crime report. Fargo Police Chief Dave Zibolski told city commissioners Monday that fentanyl is a “significant concern.” The report says property crimes including arson, motor vehicle theft…
Fargo, N.D. (KVRR) — A second suspect is arrested for a stabbing in downtown Fargo last weekend. Police took 39-year-old Brandon Willis into custody on Friday. Willis has no permanent address. He faces charges of accomplice to robbery and aggravated assault with a dangerous weapon. Police earlier arrested 21-year-old Alicia Flores of Moorhead for robbery and aggravated assault. The stabbing…
ST. PAUL, MINN. (KVRR/KFGO) – The murder trial of a Fergus Falls man began Wednesday, February 7. Matthew Ecker, 44, of Fergus Falls, was charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of 32-year-old Alexandra Pennig of St. Paul. He originally reported she shot herself in the head. Jury selection is underway. Second-degree murder with intent is a felony…
CNN – The company announced that it’s closing one store in New York City, two in Seattle and three each in Portland, Oregon and the San Francisco Bay Area. Target says theft and organized retail crime at the stories is threatening the safety of its employees and customers, and, quote, “contributing to unsuitable business performance.” The nine stores will close…
WEST FARGO, ND (KVRR) – The North Dakota Highway Patrol released the name of the woman who died in a crash on Wednesday night in West Fargo. 28-year-old Saphyre Johnson of Bemidji, Minn., died after her car was hit by another driver who has since been charged with her death. 30-year-old Sabastian Tahirovic of Fargo has been charged with criminal…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Porch pirates is a problem for communities. One family in S. Fargo experienced that on Monday when a thief walked up to their home and stole two packages. “You feel really violated. Why would someone come and do that? I wouldn’t do it to you,” said Mariko Dahl. “She jumped out, pulled up to our house,…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Fargo Police Department is investigating a situation involving a gunshot through a window in the 2200 block of 6th Avenue South. Rita Baker was inside her apartment when the bullet came through the window late Sunday night. “It’s really scary that it can happen.” said Baker. “It was devastating because that is something that I always…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Skye Marquez was heading to work when she saw glass on the ground, thinking it wasn’t anything. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case as her car window was smashed and the act was caught on camera on last week. “I went out to my car to go to work at like 5:50, 6 a.m. I was walking…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — North Dakota U.S. Attorney Mac Schneider was part of a virtual meeting with U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday to talk about gun-related violence. U.S. Attorneys from all across the country talked about the department’s summer anti-crime strategy. Schneider says the message was very clear that there’s the potential to see an uptick in violent…
