FARGO, N.D. (KFGO/KVRR) – Fargo Police using a search warrant arrested a man at a residence in the 500 block of 31st Avenue North Wednesday night. During a search of the residence, officers found child sexual abuse materials. Joel John Schumacher, 55, of Fargo, was arrested on suspicion of possessing certain prohibited materials and booked into the Cass County Jail….
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…
FARGO, N.D. (KFGO/KVRR) – A West Fargo man is in jail, facing many charges after he fled a Fargo police officer. It began when the officer stopped to check on the driver of a car who had stopped in the middle of the road near 11th Street and 26th Avenue South. The driver drove off and ran a stop sign….
UPDATE: Fargo Police say Bartholomay was found safe Monday afternoon. FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo Police are asking for help finding a 44-year-old woman. Bethany Bartholomay was last seen on Wednesday at 8:04 p.m. in south Fargo. She is 5’6″ and 105 lbs., with blue eyes and brown hair. According to her Facebook page, her sister says she does…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Fargo man was arrested Tuesday for robbery after threatening a clerk with a knife. 33-year-old Lucas Tavares was taken into custody in the 1400 block of Dakota Drive North, just hours after the crime. The robbery happened around 4 a.m. Tuesday at Loaf ‘N Jug in the 1200 block of North University Drive. The clerk…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Police say the driver of an SUV crashed into a woman on a motorized scooter in south Fargo. The accident happened just before 1 p.m. at the intersection of 9th Avenue and 36th Street South. The woman suffered what appeared to be non-life-threatening injuries, and was taken to the hospital by ambulance. Police say no arrests…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – A large fake ID operation was busted by police in Fargo this month. 19-year-old Blaise Bitz of Fargo, a student at NDSU, was arrested for selling over 500 fake IDs and making over $40,000 in profit. Bitz was charged with felony counterfeiting and felony illegal control of an enterprise. Fargo Police says they were made aware…
FARGO (KFGO) – A Fargo teen has been arrested for selling counterfeit identification cards to minors. Police say they began investigating the case in September 2023. They obtained several warrants and determined that 19-year-old Blaise Bitz sold more than 500 fake IDs to minors, profiting more than $40,000 in the scheme. A search of Bitz’s home in the 1200 block…
FARGO, N.D. (KFGO/KVRR) – The Fargo Parole and Probation Office is seeking a high-risk sex offender whose global positioning monitoring bracelet is not registering and no longer can be accounted for or located. David Lilley, Jr, 38, is an American Indian male, 5’08”, 195 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. His current whereabouts are unknown; however, his GPS bracelet…
