GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) –A Grand Forks County Jail correctional officer is accused of smuggling contraband into the jail. After an interview Monday with Grand Forks County Sheriff’s Office and North Dakota BCI, Juan Lopez was arrested for delivery of an electronic device to an inmate, and booked into the jail as an inmate. After he was arrested, a search of…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — An inmate in the Grand Forks County Jail is facing additional charges after allegedly stabbing a corrections officer in the face. Court records say 23-year-old Gavin Johnson was told he was being moved to a different cell, but refused and sat in a laundry basket. When a corrections officer tried to remove Johnson from the…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KFGO/KVRR) – A Grand Forks man has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly strangling a co-worker twice, once with an extension cord. Court records show Alexander Thompson, 27, got into a fight with a co-worker while at work Monday. During the fight, Thompson choked his co-worker with his hands until other co-workers separated the two. After…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – A Thanksgiving Day Fire at the Grand Forks County Jail. The Grand Forks Fire Department says they went to the jail just after 4:00 p.m. Thursday for a report of smoke in a laundry room. They found clothes in a dryer that caught fire and were smoldering. Firefighters got rid of the clothes and the…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Minneapolis man is sentenced to 17 years in prison with 5 supervised release for Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances and Money Laundering Conspiracy inside Grand Forks County Jail. Fifty-seven-year-old Timothy Eason had been arrested on state drug charges and was being held in Grand Forks. From October 2021 to February 2022, Eason arranged shipments of…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Cass County Jail officials say 24 inmates have been transferred to other jails because of overcrowding. Jail officials say ten inmates were transferred to Grand Forks this week, while 14 more remain in Richland, Stutsman, Burleigh and Barnes Counties jails. Cass County Jail has just under 350 beds. Captain Andrew Frobig says some inmates have to…
GRAND FORKS, ND (KFGO) – A Fargo man is in the Grand Forks County jail after he rammed a sheriff’s department squad car while he was driving a stolen car. It happened in Larimore, west of Grand Forks. Deputies spotted an unoccupied car and saw two people get into the car about 90 minutes later. They tried to box the…
