DUI

Trooper Assaulted While Arresting Moorhead Man For Drunk Driving With Kids In Vehicle In Fargo

Oscar Lee Jr.FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Moorhead man is accused of assaulting a North Dakota Highway Patrol trooper while being arrested for drunk driving in Fargo. Captain Bryan Niewind says 44-year-old Oscar Lee Jr. was stopped around 4:30 this afternoon in a parking lot in the 2500 block of 23rd Avenue South. Lee was suspected of being intoxicated and…

Driver arrested for DUI following crash into creek in Logan County, N.D.

LOGAN COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – Two men were injured in a crash near Napoleon, North Dakota after the driver lost control, ran off a road, and overturned into a creek around 10 p.m. Wednesday. North Dakota Highway Patrol says that around 10:30, emergency workers responded to a call by family members near Beaver Lake State Park. Family and emergency responders…

Fargo Man Causes Chain-Reaction Crash During Evening Rush Hour, Arrested for DUI

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Fargo man is arrested for DUI after causing a chain-reaction crash on I-94 in Fargo during evening rush hour traffic. North Dakota Highway Patrol says 40-year-old Benjamin Hannig merged onto the interstate around 5:30 p.m. and accelerated, failing to see stopped vehicles in front of him. He rear-ended one vehicle sending it crashing into another…

Man Believed To Be Under The Influence Arrested After Short Pursuit in Grand Forks

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — A Grand Forks man faces charges after a short police pursuit on I-29. Police say 53-year-old Marlin Johnson’s vehicle was stopped and partially blocking the lane on the I-29 southbound on-ramp at Demers Avenue and he was asleep in the driver’s seat around 6 p.m. Officers say Johnson appeared to be under the influence as…

New Town Man Jailed in Jamestown After Assaulting Officers During Traffic Stop Near Medina

MEDINA, N.D. (KVRR) — A man is jailed in Jamestown after assaulting a trooper and county deputy on I-94 east of Medina, North Dakota Saturday afternoon. The trooper responded to a report of a reckless driver around 1:30 p.m. 37-year-old Angelo White of New Town resisted arrest and began fighting with the trooper who then called for backup. A Foster…

Two DUI motorcycle crashes on I-29 in Fargo

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – Two separate motorcycle crashes on Interstate 29 at the Main Avenue exit in Fargo early Sunday left one rider with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, with both drivers facing DUI charges. The first crash occurred when 36-year-old Matthew Boucha of Harris, MN, lost control of his motorcycle while taking the exit, causing the bike to slide into…