EDDY CO., N.D. (KVRR) — Nicholas Poitra of Belcourt, North Dakota is sentenced to life with the possibility of parole for shooting and killing a man in a bar last year. Poitra was sentenced Wednesday in Eddy County on a long list of charges including murder and terrorizing. 30-year-old Troyal Thumb was shot and killed inside Rindy’s Sheyenne Bar after…
UPDATE: The pilot is identified as Lawrence Polries, 63, of Jamestown, ND. NEW ROCKFORD, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) – Federal investigators will look into the crash of a crop dusting airplane south of New Rockford in east-central North Dakota. The 63-year-old male pilot from Jamestown died on scene. Highway Patrol says he was flying west after spraying a pass when he…
EDDY CO., N.D. (KVRR) — Bail is set at $1.5 million cash for Nicholas Poitra. The Rolla, North Dakota man is charged with murder and ten other felony counts after a deadly bar shooting in Sheyenne, North Dakota on Sunday. 30-year-old Troyal Thumb was shot and killed inside Rindy’s Sheyenne Bar after the acquaintances had an argument. Poitra went on…
UPDATE – A man wanted for the deadly shooting of a man at a Sheyenne, North Dakota bar has been caught. Nicholas Poitra was spotted by a farmer in Eddy County around noon. The farmer held him at gunpoint until law enforcement arrived and Poitra was taken to Lake Region Law Enforcement Center in Devils Lake. EDDY CO., N.D….
Nicholas PoitraSHEYENNE, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – One man is dead after a shooting inside Rindy’s Sheyenne Bar in Sheyenne, North Dakota. Eddy County Sheriff Paul Lies said the incident occurred shortly after 7:00 pm Sunday. Lies confirmed the victim died and said they are searching for a suspect, 45-year-old Nicholas Poitra, who is considered armed and extremely dangerous. Family has identified…
EDDY CO., N.D. (KVRR) — Charges are filed in a hunting dispute in Eddy County that went viral on social media. North Dakota Game Warden James Myhre was called on the morning of October 21 after landowner Jeffrey Erman accused a group of hunters of being on his land. He confronted the hunters, including Jacob Sweere who took the video,…
EDDY COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR) – We could see the next phase in a disagreement between a group of hunters and a landowner seen in a viral video from Eddy County, North Dakota. State’s Attorney Ashley Lies tells KVRR she could reach her decision on charging Jacob Sweere, other hunters and a farmer for an incident that happened October 21st as…
EDDY CO., N.D. (KVRR) — Eddy County authorities releasing the identity of a man killed in an ATV crash early Saturday morning. He is 60-year-old Keith Drake of Sheyenne, North Dakota. They say Drake was heading northbound on 2nd Street North in Sheyenne around 2:25 a.m. when he crashed into a parked vehicle. Drake was thrown from the ATV. He…
STUTSMAN CO., N.D. (KVRR) — Authorities release the name of the man they rescued from a slough after a chase in Stutsman County on Monday. 22-year-old Austin Hunt of Jamestown faces numerous charges including fleeing and reckless endangerment. Hunt also had warrants for his arrest in Burleigh, Eddy, and Stutsman Counties, as well as by Jamestown Police. A pursuit started…
NEW ROCKFORD, N.D. — A driver is dead in Eddy County after hitting ditches on both sides of County Road 14, hitting an approach and rolling the vehicle. State troopers say it then caught fire. It happened around 9:30 Monday night, one mile south of New Rockford. The identity of the driver is not being released yet as authorities continue…
