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…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A jury convicts a Fargo man of kidnapping and attempted witness tampering in U.S. District Court. 31-year-old Sharmake Abdullahi kidnapped a woman at gunpoint in October 2021 as she was driving in Fargo. Prosecutors say he forced her to drive him to a Gate City Bank location in Moorhead to get money out of an ATM….
POPE CO., Minn. (KVRR) — The man accused of kidnapping a 2-year-old boy in rural Pope County last week, triggering an AMBER Alert, used a window to abduct the child from the room the boy shared with his mother while she was out working. The criminal complaint says 31-year-old Victor Ramirez or Benigno Alvarrez of Big Lake had taken an…
LAMOURE CO., N.D. (KVRR/AP) — An Ogema, Minnesota man remains behind bars in LaMoure County, North Dakota for a suspected kidnapping. Charges pending against Ryan Degroat include kidnapping, felonious restraint and terrorizing. Degroat is accused of abducting a 41-year-old woman from her mother’s home in Brown County, South Dakota Friday night. Law enforcement was able to use cell phone triangulation…
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Court documents say a Sioux Falls woman accused of faking her own kidnapping from a local pizza restaurant told detectives she wanted a break from her husband. The woman has been charged with attempted grand theft and making a false report to authorities. She faces arraignment next week in Minnehaha County. Court documents say the woman…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — A Grand Forks man has pleaded guilty to kidnapping a girl by forcing her into his car in July and has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. A charge of felonious restraint against 52-year-old Robert Burr was dropped in the plea agreement. Police say Burr abducted the child in the 900 block of Belmont…
WARREN, Minn. (KFGO) – A man has been arrested in connection with an alleged kidnapping. The Marshall County Sheriff’s office says, at 4:43 a.m. on July 10, a caller said two girls, ages 12 and 14, were forced into a vehicle driven by Julio Clauson at a park in Stephen. The caller was following the vehicle and said Clauson was…
JAMESTOWN, N.D. — A Jamestown man is arrested on suspicion of gross sexual imposition, kidnapping and aggravated assault. Police say 23-year-old Samuel Mittleider is in the Stutsman County Correctional Center while the State’s Attorney reviews the case. The investigation began on Friday with the report of a sexual assault at a home in Jamestown. They say Mittleider was armed with…
