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…
FOSTER CO., N.D. (KVRR) — The McHenry, North Dakota man accused of running down a teen after a street dance last summer pleads guilty to manslaughter. A charge of leaving the scene of an accident was dismissed. 42-year-old Shannon Brandt avoids going to trial which was supposed to start on May 30. He faces up to 10 years in prison…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) –The Fargo Police Department is looking for man possibly connected to a body found in August. Police say 58-year-old Roberto Garcia is wanted in connection to incident for manslaughter and aggravated assault. On August 14th, police responded to a body found. First responders were sent to a medical assist call in the 50 block of north Broadway…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A St. Michael, North Dakota man is sentenced to just under five years in prison after pleading guilty to three counts of manslaughter. Prosecutors say 19-year-old Winter Bigtrack was driving a vehicle on Spirit Lake Reservation that was involved in a two-vehicle crash last August. Three people in his vehicle died. They say Bigtrack was under…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Police are looking for 58-year-old Roberto Garcia, who has no permanent address. Garcia is wanted for manslaughter and aggravated assault after a man’s body was found in the 50 block of North Broadway last Sunday. He is 5’6″ and weighs around 190 pounds. Police say you should not approach him if he’s spotted. Instead call 911…
MINNEAPOLIS — Former Minneapolis police officer Mohammed Noor is scheduled for release on Monday. Noor shot and killed Justine Damond five years ago after she called 911 to report a possible rape. Noor was initially sentenced to 12 1/2 years in prison after third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter convictions. The state’s Supreme Court reversed the third-degree murder conviction and he…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A West Fargo man will have to serve five years in prison for a deadly assault at the Speedway Event Center last August. 36-year-old Tomas Cervantes pleaded guilty to manslaughter in a deal in April. An aggravated assault charge was dismissed. He admits to throwing a punch that eventually killed 53-year-old Roberto Balboa on August 21,…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A West Fargo man avoids a trial and changes his plea to guilty to manslaughter for a deadly assault at the Speedway Event Center last August. A count of aggravated assault was dropped against 36-year-old Tomas Cervantes. He admits to throwing a punch that eventually killed 53-year-old Roberto Balboa on August 21, 2021. Balboa fell and…
ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP/KVRR) — A jury in Aberdeen has found Jarrett Jones not guilty of fatally shooting his daughter’s boyfriend in 2020. Jones claimed he was defending himself and his daughter. After eight hours of deliberation, the jury last night found Jones not guilty of first-degree murder, second-degree murder and first- and second-degree manslaughter. According to testimony, Jon Schumacher was…
MINNEAPOLIS – The jury has begun deliberating in the manslaughter trial of the suburban Minneapolis police officer who killed motorist Daunte Wright after she says she mistook her gun for her Taser. Kim Potter’s case went to the jury on Monday following closing arguments and instruction from Judge Regina Chu. Potter resigned from the Brooklyn Center police force after…
