GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — A man is arrested in Grand Forks after forcing another man to drive him to the Islamic Center at gunpoint. Grand Forks Police were called to the center at 2122 17th Avenue south around 2:30 this afternoon. When they arrived they started clearing victims to determine the identity of the suspect. A SWAT vehicle was also…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Fargo man is sentenced to 20 years in prison for kidnapping and brutally raping a neighbor in March 2024. 40-year-old Travis Holt broke down the woman’s apartment door and forced her upstairs to his apartment. He used a knife to cut off her clothes before raping her. He also stabbed the woman in the side….
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Fargo man arrested last March for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a neighbor has changed his plea to guilty on a number of charges. 39-year-old Travis Holt pleaded guilty to gross sexual imposition, kidnapping, aggravated assault and possession of meth. Charges of criminal trespass and terrorizing were dropped. Holt is accused of breaking into his neighbors…
SARGENT CO., N.D. (KVRR) — An Havana, North Dakota man is sentenced after pleading guilty to taking a bartender hostage in Forman last fall. The judge sentenced Ryan Bergh to ten years for kidnapping and two years for reckless endangerment. He was given credit for already serving nearly a year behind bars and could be released early on good behavior….
OTTER TAIL CO., Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — We are learning more about the arrest of a man who set off a shelter in place during an extensive search Saturday in Dalton, Minnesota in Otter Tail County. 31-year-old Eliezer Rodriguez of Hutchinson, Minnesota was caught while on foot Saturday afternoon in a wooded area near Hansel Lake Rest Stop along I-94 just…
Ryan DegroatPIERRE, S.D. (KVRR) – A White Earth, Minnesota man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison after pleading guilty, but mentally ill to First Degree Kidnapping. Ryan Degroat was arrested in March, 2022 for entering a home in Hecla, South Dakota, where he assaulted one person and then forced that person to drive them both out of town….
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — According to North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley, certain crimes against persons have increased, while overall crimes against persons are down five percent from 2021. He released last year’s crime stats Tuesday morning at the State Capitol in Bismarck. Reported murders have seen a 76.5% increase, from 13 to 30 cases. Negligent manslaughter and kidnappings have…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — One of the twelve jurors who decided Alfonso Rodriguez, Jr. should be executed for kidnapping and murdering Dru Sjodin is speaking out. Luke Lillehaugen was part of the six-week long, three-part trial in 2006 that left Rodriguez sitting on death row in federal prison in Indiana. He says the prospect of Rodriguez getting off death row…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Moorhead man is accused of kidnapping a woman early Saturday. 45-year-old Hector Flores fled from police but was blocked by a snowbank after pulling into the parking lot of a business. He refused officers commands while a female passenger was screaming and trying to get out of his vehicle. Flores claimed he had a gun…
BELCOURT, N.D. (KFGO) – A security supervisor at Sky Dancer Casino and Resort in Belcourt contacted federal authorities on New Year’s Day when he got suspicious after Fidel Arenas Torres showed up to collect $4800 in winnings but could not produce a Social Security number, which is required to collect winnings over a certain amount.It did not take long for…
