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…
MINNEAPOLIS (KVRR) – Live coverage continues in day 5 of testimony in the Kim Potter trial. Categories: Minnesota News Tags: daunte wright, Kim Potter, manslaughter, trial
FARGO (KVRR) – A former employee of a Fargo memory care facility who’s facing manslaughter charges has pleaded “not guilty” in connection with the death of a resident. Court documents say 59-year-old Rachel Cooper entered the plea on Sept. 16. On August 3, police were called to Maple View Memory Care at 4552 36th Ave. S. to take a report…
Kim PotterBROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (FOX 9) – Kim Potter, the former Brooklyn Center police officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in April, is asking the court to dismiss the first-degree manslaughter charge against her after a recent ruling put Minnesota’s new deadly force law on hold. Potter was initially charged with second-degree manslaughter in Wright’s…
FARGO (KVRR/KFGO) – Cass County prosecutors have charged an employee of a Fargo memory care facility with manslaughter and endangering a vulnerable adult after the death of a resident. Fifty-nine-year-year-old Rachel Cooper was arrested at her home Wednesday night. The resident who died was 78-year-old Gary Pearson. On August 3, police were called to Maple View Memory Care at 4552 36th…
FARGO, N.D. — A Calumet, Michigan man arrested for vehicular manslaughter in a collision that killed an Alexandria man in Fargo last September changes his plea to guilty. The move avoided a trial for David Torgerson and the judge sentenced him to six years in prison followed by two years of probation. He was given credit for nearly 8 months…
DUNSEITH, N.D. — A GoFundMe account has been set up for the family of Jaylynn Belgarde of Dunseith. The 8-year-old girl was killed in a hit and run crash on Saturday afternoon while walking to buy candy with her cousins. The fundraiser was set up by her aunt, Paige, to help purchase a butterfly headstone for Jaylynn. Paige writes that…
FARGO, N.D. — A Horace, North Dakota man has changed his plea to guilty in a deadly bar fight this summer. 25-year-old Jordan Pendleton pleading guilty to manslaughter, aggravated assault and two counts of simple assault. According to court documents, Pendleton punched 31 year old Marlin Klatt in the head, causing him to fall backwards and slam his head into…
FARGO, N.D. – A victim of a bar fight outside of Big Erv’s in Horace passed away, and now charges against the man who assaulted him are being upgraded. Jordan Pendleton, Marlin Klatt and another man, were outside of Big Erv’s Bar and Grill in Horace shortly after closing on Sunday. They were having a conversation when Klatt brought up…
MOORHEAD, Minn.–Two people have been arrested and charged in connection with a murder that occurred on June 3. Thirty-two-year-old Cameron Charles St. Clair and 35-year-old Erin Sundby are currently in custody for the homicide of Richard Stephen. In a complaint submitted to Clay County, St. Clair and Sundby reportedly attacked Stephen and his girlfriend, Jessica Meier, in the 1600 block of…
