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Fargo man accused of making online threats toward President Trump and law enforcement

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A man who lives in a camper on his mother’s property in south Fargo is accused of making online posts threatening President Donald Trump and law enforcement officers. An arrest warrant for Andrew Sandvik was approved on Wednesday by U.S. Magistrate Judge Alice R. Senechal. He was taken into custody at 1531 5th Avenue South on a…

North Dakota man charged with threatening official after email citing Minnesota shootings

FARGO (North Dakota Monitor) —A North Dakota man was charged Monday with threatening at least one federal official in an email that references the Saturday shooting that killed one Minnesota lawmaker. About 5 p.m. Sunday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Fargo received a threatening email from St. Thomas resident Charles Dalzell, according to a complaint filed Tuesday in federal court by the…

Sen. Smith calls on Noem to resign after California Sen. Padilla is handcuffed during press conference

Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) being handcuffed outside Secretary Noem’s press conference.WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR/CNN) —  Sen. Alex Padilla of California said he had been attempting to ask a question when he was forcefully removed from a press conference held by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in Los Angeles Thursday. “I was there peacefully. At one point I had a…

Call logs show Holmberg, Stenehjem communicated amid federal sex crime investigation

Ray Holmberg (left) & Wayne StenehjemBISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – Newly released call logs show the late Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem communicated with former Sen. Ray Holmberg as the lawmaker was being investigated for sex crimes, including calls the day Stenehjem sat for a law enforcement interview. Yet Stenehjem only told law enforcement about one phone conversation with Holmberg,…

Judge Blocks Release of an Ex-Minnesota Senator Accused of Soliciting a Minor

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A judge on Monday blocked the release of a former Minnesota state senator charged with soliciting a minor, after prosecutors leveled fresh allegations that he tried to obstruct the FBI’s investigation from jail. U.S. Magistrate Judge Shannon Elkins ruled that Justin Eichorn should remain jailed instead of being released to a halfway house on Tuesday…

Federal prosecutors charge GOP Minnesota state senator with soliciting a minor for prostitution

Justin Eichorn, of Grand RapidsST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota state senator who was caught in a sting operation was charged with soliciting a minor for prostitution Wednesday, a day after his fellow Republicans called on him to resign. GOP Sen. Justin Eichorn, 40, of Grand Rapids, was arrested in Bloomington on Monday in an undercover operation targeting commercial sex involving…