STUTSMAN CO., N.D. (KVRR) — Four teens are involved in a high speed chase with North Dakota Highway Patrol before getting into a crash in Jamestown. The trooper tried to stop the teens in Kidder County before 8 a.m. but they fled at speeds of over 100 miles per hour. The chase was called off when they drove into Jamestown….
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Fargo man is sentenced to two years in prison for a hit-and-run crash that seriously injured two people in south Fargo last June. 25-year-old Nicholas Tschosik denied driving the car and refused sobriety and chemical tests but eventually pleaded guilty to charges including a second DUI charge in seven years along with reckless endangerment. Witnesses…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — People accused of hurting or killing someone while driving on drugs could have the same enhanced penalties as people who drive drunk. The bill in the North Dakota Legislature says if you kill someone while driving drunk or high, prosecutors could charge you with criminal vehicular homicide. Serious injury cases would be charged with felony criminal…
CASS COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR) — A Cass County Jail Corrections Deputy gets arrested for DUI. The sheriff’s office says an internal investigation has been opened after Oliver Quiah was taken into custody around 2:30 this morning by the North Dakota Highway Patrol Quiah is assigned to the Cass County Jail as a Non-Licensed Corrections Deputy. He will be on paid…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Fargo Police Officer Brandon Rittenour has resigned, just weeks after being charged with two misdemeanors: DUI actual physical control and DUI refusal. His resignation was effective immediately January 14. In late December, Rittenour was arrested after allegedly crashing into three parked vehicles and a dumpster. He had been placed on paid administrative leave. In 2015, Rittenour…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Fargo woman is arrested for DUI and driving with a suspended license after crashing into police squad car. The crash happened Saturday night before 10 p.m. Michelle Jensen 50, of Fargo, was driving on 7th Avenue North. Police say Jensen went through a red light at 25th Street North and hit the officer’s vehicle. Neither…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Fargo woman is arrested for DUI after police say she crashed into a house and several vehicles. 42-year-old Brianna McAleer was booked into Cass County Jail. Officers responded to the 1100 Block of 8th Avenue North around 7:30 Saturday night. They determined McAleer had hit three vehicles, two telecommunications boxes, and a house. Fargo Police…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Fifty-four year old Steven Sturgill of Fargo is accused of leading West Fargo police on a pursuit in a stolen vehicle. An officer tried to stop Sturgill in the 800 block of 9th Street Northwest shortly after 1:30 a.m. but he fled and the pursuit began. A PIT maneuver was used to stop the vehicle….
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…
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…
