FBI

FBI executes search warrant at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate

KVRR Staff,

WASHINGTON  – Former President Donald Trump said in a lengthy statement Monday that the FBI was conducting a search of his Mar-a-Lago estate and asserted that agents had broken open a safe. The circumstances of the search were not immediately clear, though the Justice Department has been actively investigating the discovery of classified information in boxes of records that were…

Longie
Community, Crime, Local News, North Dakota News

Weekend Search for Steven Longie, Missing Since 2020

Another search for Steven Longie was held over weekend on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation, and it came up empty.
Brandon Blakney,

ROLETTE CO., N.D. (KVRR) — Steven Longie disappeared nearly two years ago in October 2020. His son Aaron says they searched land and creeks, and he feels they made progress by meeting contacts and setting up a network of communication. There are many rumors surrounding the disappearance. Some think Longie was physically harmed. State authorities have turned the case over to…

Mosque Fire
Community, Crime, Local News, Minnesota News

CAIR wants FBI to investigate EGF mosque fire as a hate crime

Hami Arain,

EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. (KVRR) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations wants FBI involvement nearly two weeks after a possible hate crime where a woman attacked an East Grand Forks Mosque during morning prayer. Fifty-seven-year-old Suzette Gay Thompson of Thief River Falls is arrested on an arson charge and could face up to 20 years in prison and a $20,000…

Sayward
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FBI arrests NDSU graduate student accused of issuing death threats

Jim Monk,

FARGO (KVRR) – The FBI has arrested an NDSU graduate student for allegedly issuing threats against employees at the university. Thirty-eight-year-old Thomas Sayward appeared in federal court Friday. He’s charged with Interstate Threatening Communications. Court documents say on June 1, NDSU Police informed the FBI that Sayward “submitted threatening language” to the university in response to a survey sent to…

Simone Biles, other women seek $1B-plus from FBI over Nassar

KVRR Staff,

Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman and Maggie Nichols testify during a Senate hearing about the Inspector General’s report on the FBI’s handling of the Larry Nassar investigation.DETROIT (AP) – Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles and dozens of other women who say they were sexually assaulted by Larry Nassar are seeking more than $1 billion from the FBI for failing…
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FBI Searches Two West Fargo Businesses

TJ Nelson,

WEST FARGO, N.D. (KFGO) — FBI agents searched two West Fargo contracting businesses this week, but the bureau has not said what the investigations pertain to or whether they’re connected. The FBI confirms that agents searched Pro-Mark Services on Thursday. MDM Construction was also searched. A spokesman says he cannot provide information on what agents were looking for in either…

Dapl And Wilansky
Local News, North Dakota News

FBI concludes investigation of explosion that seriously injured DAPL protester

Jim Monk,

FARGO (KVRR) – The FBI has completed its investigation of an explosion that seriously injured a New York woman during the 2016 Dakota Access Pipeline Protest. An attorney for Sophia Wilansky revealed in court documents that the investigation is concluded. “The FBI has now notified (Wilansky) that it has formally ended and closed its investigation of Ms. Wilansky’s injury, ”…