(Crow Wing Co. Sheriff’s Dept.)BRAINERD, Minn. (KVRR/KNOX) – Authorities have arrested two men in connection with a large drug bust in Brainerd. The Crow Wing County Sheriff’s Office says Dazaughn Ellis West of Brainerd and Devaughn Ellis West of Detroit were arrested by local drug agents. Investigators seized an estimated 13,000-15,000 suspected fentanyl pills, more than 200 grams of suspected…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A federal jury in Fargo finds a woman guilty for her role in an international drug conspiracy case. Marie Um was convicted of all counts against her in a case dubbed “Operation Denial.” Um, also known as “Angry Bird,” was indicted in 2017. She was one of three Canadian nationals extradited for selling fentanyl and similar…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Opening arguments begin for a key defendant in one of the largest fentanyl cases to be tried in North Dakota. Marie Um is accused of being a co-conspirator. She is also known as Angry Bird and was indicted in 2017 for conspiracy to distribute and import controlled substances that resulted in serious bodily injury or death…
Ceron McCaleb / Jose RamirezWEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Two men were arrested Friday night after a robbery at a West Fargo business. Police did not identify the business, only saying it was in the 3100 block of Bluestem Drive. 20-year-old Ceron McCaleb of Moorhead was arrested after barricading himself in the bathroom of the business. He had a large…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A St. Cloud woman pleads guilty in Fargo to leading a dangerous drug distribution enterprise from Mexico. 30-year-old Macalla Knott pled guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances, Money Laundering Conspiracy and Continuing Criminal Enterprise. She admitted to supervising, managing, and leading more than five people in the enterprise while living in Mexico since March 2020. Prosecutors say…
EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — An East Grand Forks father and stepmother of a 2-year-old boy are arrested and charged after the child came into contact with fentanyl. 25-year-old Taylor Paul and 24-year-old Samantha Jacquemart are arrested and charged with felony child endangerment. Court documents say police responded to a report of a child who was choking. They came…
ROCHESTER, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A West Fargo woman is in jail in Rochester after police found her slumped over in her car with drugs on her lap. Police say 22-year-old McKenna Spiekermeier was unconscious in a hotel parking lot and they spotted drugs in the running car. Spiekermeier tried to hide 88 fentanyl pills in her sweatshirt when she woke….
OLIVIA, Minn. (KFGO/KVRR) — A man from Olivia in west-central Minnesota pleads guilty to third-degree murder for selling pills to a woman who believed they were Percocet, but actually contained a lethal amount of fentanyl. Bradley Westphal, 38, will be sentenced May 23 in the July 2021 death of Connie Havens, 56, of Olivia. Prosecutors say Havens is survived by…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota Representative Kelly Armstrong is in Bismarck to talk about the work he is doing in Washington, D.C. Armstrong addressing both the North Dakota Senate and House. He told state lawmakers about four new bills just introduced in the U.S. House including an online notary bill and Pick Sloan Irrigation bill which gives farmers access…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo police say 2 people are arrested following Thursday morning’s search warrant on the 800 block of 10th Street S. in Fargo. 52-year-olds Timmie Smith and Tara Felix of Fargo are each charged with one count of Fentanyl Possession with Intent to Distribute, Heroin possession with Intent to Distribute, meth, cocaine and marijuana possession, Drug Paraphernalia…
