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Breaking: Police Close Off Area Near Harwood

Clay County & Fargo Police not confirming if search is related to missing woman Savanna Greywind
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Harwood, ND — Clay County Sheriff’s Deputies have closed down an area around Harwood, ND. Our news crew is near 90th Avenue. It’s unclear if this search and police presence is related to the case of missing 22 year old Savanna Greywind. The pregnant Fargo woman disappeared a week ago. Thursday afternoon two people were taken into custody in connection with…
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Volunteers Search Trollwood Park for Savanna Greywind

The baby is at Sanford Hospital under protective custody from Cass County
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FARGO, ND — The search for Savannah Greywind is now at Trollwood Park. The family is asking the community for help. The family of Savanna Greywind has organized a community search at Trollwood Park. More than 200 people have showed up to search and more people keep joining. Groups separated into teams to search different areas of Trollwood Park in north…
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Two People From the Metro Accused in Kentucky Kidnapping

Both suspects are facing numerous charges
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NORTH DAKOTA — A Fargo woman and a Moorhead man are accused of attempted kidnapping in Kentucky. Police in Murray, Kentucky stopped Tara Wieland, 38, of Fargo and Daniel Carlson, 19, of Moorhead while doing a welfare check on a juvenile. They said Wieland was attempting to conceal a pistol on her lap and ignored the officer’s commands. After a…
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Relative of Gordon Winrod’s Victims Worried He’s Re-Establishing Cult in Kulm

The new owners of the former Kulm High School are the daughter and son-in-law of white supremacist Pastor Gordon Winrod
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  KULM, ND — Some people in Kulm, North Dakota are worried that a cult leader is moving into their small town. The new owners of the former Kulm High School are the daughter and son-in-law of white supremacist Pastor Gordon Winrod. He served about 10 years in a Missouri prison for kidnapping his grandchildren from their home near Edgeley…
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Fargo Man in Custody After Being Found with 14-Year-Old Missing Girl

He was arrested Wednesday and faces a kidnapping charge in Nebraska
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FARGO, ND — A missing Nebraska teen has been found in Fargo and a Fargo man is in custody. The 14-year-old girl was reported missing on Monday and investigators determined she had been enticed to leave by 24-year-old Nicollas Johnson. He was arrested Wednesday and faces a kidnapping charge in Nebraska. If convicted, he faces up to life in prison….
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East Grand Forks Police Identify Suspect in Attack on Bike Path

Her screams caused her attacker to flee
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EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. — An arrest warrant has been issued for a man accused of attacking a woman in an East Grand Forks park. Robert Burr is facing charges of attempted kidnapping, false imprisonment, domestic assault and stalking in the June 26 attack. The victim was rollerblading on the bike path along the Red River when she was knocked…
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Ashby Man Sentenced for Attempted Kidnapping Near Fergus Falls

Morimoto took off when a deputy arrived and led several agencies on a high-speed chase that ended in Wheaton
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  OTTER TAIL COUNTY, Minn. — An Ashby man has been sentenced for an attempted kidnapping near Fergus Falls. As part of an agreement with Otter Tail County prosecutors, Jason Morimoto was given just under four years in prison. The 33-year-old Morimoto pleaded guilty to assault with a weapon. It was last December when he followed his ex-girlfriend on I-94…
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Charges Pending in Valley City Hoax Hostage Call

Police spoke to the caller and tracked the call to Alabama
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  VALLEY CITY, ND — A phone call that prompted a large police response to the parking lot of Family Dollar in Valley City was made in Alabama. A man called the store and claimed that he was holding a woman hostage. He wanted credit card numbers and said he would hurt the woman if he didn’t receive the information….
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Kinn Changes Plea in Bemidji Murder, Child Sex Assault Case

Kinn admitted to strangling Melissa Norby on June 21st, 2016 and setting the house on fire to cover up his crime
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BEMIDJI, Minn. — The man accused of killing a Bemidji woman before setting her home on fire and kidnapping and sexually assaulting her five-year-old daughter has changed his plea. Jacob Kinn, 33, pleaded guilty to second degree murder and first degree criminal sexual conduct. Kinn admitted to strangling Melissa Norby on June 21st, 2016 and setting the house on fire…