Grand Forks Police Archives - Page 8 of 12

ND AG Wayne Stenehjem remembered as a family man at his funeral

North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem is being remembered not just for the work he did, but the family man and friend he was to many.

February 3, 2022

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BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem is being remembered not just for the work he did, but the family man and friend he was to many. “Wayne Stenehjem will go down in the history books as the longest serving attorney general in North Dakota’s history and certainly one of the most impactful. And yet none of…

Grand Forks Police Investigate Report of Shots Fired Near Apartment

January 23, 2022

TJ Nelson,

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Police in Grand Forks are investigating a report of shots fired and the discovery of several shell casings. They were called to the 1200 block of 39th Street North around 2 a.m. Police didn’t find and suspects or victims. They did find the shell casings outside an apartment complex at 1111 39th Street North. Police…

Grand Forks Police investigating threat against Central High School made via Snapchat

October 23, 2021

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GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Grand Forks Police are investigating a Snapchat message threatening “acts of violence” at Central High School. Officers were informed of the message at 10:50 p.m. on Friday. Authorities say it appears that the message originated from another Central High School in another state, and that jurisdiction is aware of it. This is an ongoing investigation….

OFC. Cody Holte honored at 33rd Annual Candlelight Vigil in Washington, D.C.

October 14, 2021

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WASHINGTON (KVRR) — Fallen Grand Forks Police OFC. Cody Holte was honored at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Thursday night, along with 701 other law enforcement officers who’ve died in the line of duty. More than 400 of them died within the past two years. Their names now join the more than 22,000 others etched into the National Law…

North Dakota BCI agents testify in Pendleton trial

July 7, 2021

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GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – Testimony continues in day six of the Salamah Pendleton trial. The jury heard from two North Dakota BCI agents who investigated the scene of last year’s shooting that left Grand Forks officer Cody Holte and Pendleton’s mother dead. Photos shown during Wednesday’s testimonies show how Pendleton’s apartment was marked by investigators who returned to the…

Opening statements delivered, witness testimony begins in Pendleton trial

July 1, 2021

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GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – Opening statements are given and witness testimony begins in the trial of the man accused of killing his mother and Grand Forks Police Officer Cody Holte. In the prosecution’s opening arguments, prosecutor Carmell Mattison emphasized the state’s reliance on photos and videos as evidence in the trial of 42-year-old Salamah Pendleton. That was made clear…

Jury selection begins in trial of man accused of killing Grand Forks officer Cody Holte

June 29, 2021

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GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – Jury selection is underway in the trial of the man accused of killing Grand Forks Police officer Cody Holte last year. Forty-two-year-old Salamah Pendleton is accused of shooting and killing Holte at an apartment in Grand Forks last May while authorities were serving an eviction notice. Pendleton is also accused of shooting and killing his…

Grand Forks Man Arrested For Making Threats With a Loaded Shotgun

June 20, 2021

TJ Nelson,

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — A Grand Forks man is arrested for terrorizing after loading a shotgun in a parking lot and making threats to people across the street. Police were called to the 12 hundred block of 39th Street North around 4:45 Sunday afternoon. They arrested 56-year-old Luis Ramirez. Anyone with information on this incident is asked to contact Grand…

Man charged with DUI after causing multiple-vehicle crash in Grand Forks

May 22, 2021

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GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – A young Grand Forks man is accused of driving under the influence and causing a multiple-vehicle crash Saturday afternoon. Grand Forks Police say 18-year-old Austin Bicker was driving north on Cherry Street when he ran a stop sign and hit a pickup on the driver’s side. The two vehicles then hit an SUV traveling south…

Naked Woman Accused Of Breaking Into Girl Scout Building

Incident Happened Early Thursday Morning In Grand Forks

April 29, 2021

Emily Welker,

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – Grand Forks police say they took a naked woman into custody Thursday morning after a break in at the Girl Scouts Dakota Horizons building on Demers Avenue shortly after midnight. Police say they found the unclothed woman lying just off the roadway in the 900 block of S. Columbia Road, with what appeared to be minor…