U.S. Border Patrol Grand Forks SectorFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Border Patrol agents have arrested three illegal aliens in what they call a targeted operation near Black Duck, Minnesota in Beltrami County. The agents are assigned to International Falls, Minnesota. On Wednesday, September 17 the agents discovered small amounts of meth wrapped in $1 bills. Those arrested are being charged with…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Felony charges are filed against the driver involved in a chase involving a Cass County Sheriff’s deputy and a crash. 20-year-old Tristan Amyotte of Fargo is charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, meth, fentanyl, fleeing a peace officer and reckless endangerment. The deputy tried to stop Amyotte on Friday night for having one headlight in the…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The original video showing Joseph Manitowabi punching three Fargo police officers before making his escape – captured by KVRR’s Alex Bertsch – became an immediate sensation when it was uploaded on June 7th. The Fargo Police Department, though, says this snippet only tells part of a multifaceted story. They say that an officer in the city’s…
Courtesy Gov. Larry Rhoden/FacebookSTURGIS, S.D. (KVRR) — South Dakota Highway Patrol has made a record meth seizure and arrest in Sturgis. They stopped a 42-year-old man for speeding on Interstate 90. During the stop, a police service dog alerted the trooper to the presence of an odor it is trained to detect. The trooper found around 207 pounds of crystal…
Kaitlyn Carroll (Otter Tail County Detention Center)FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR) — A woman who was charged in the drug overdose death of a man in rural Fergus Falls last August is sentenced to just over six years in prison. 27-year-old Kaitlyn Carroll of Elizabeth, Minnesota pleaded guilty in June to 3rd degree murder. Carroll supplied a mixture of meth and…
Courtesy: Ramsey County Sheriff’s OfficeMINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (KVRR/FOX 9) — A massive drug bust in south Minneapolis leads authorities to nearly 900 pounds of meth. Two men are facing charges, 46-year-old Joel Casas-Santiago, of Minneapolis, and 44-year-old Guillermo Mercado Chaparro, of Chicago. It started on July 2 when an undercover officer purchased one pound of meth from Chaparro. According to the…
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR) — Two people from Moorhead are convicted for conspiracy to possess meth with intent to distribute. A federal jury convicted 58-year-old Alberto Lopez, Jr. and 46-year-old Terri Weideman. During the February trial, it was uncovered that law enforcement executed a search warrant on a suspicious package intercepted in North Dakota. Law enforcement found over nine pounds…
FARGO (KFGO) – The mother of a 19-year-old woman who died while in the Rolette County Jail in northern North Dakota has been granted a court judgment with the county and two former correctional officers. Jessica Allen will be paid $2 million. Court documents say In June of 2020, Lacey Higdem was found in the woods. She was hallucinating and…
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — An Underwood, Minnesota man is sentenced to five years in prison for having hundreds of grams in illegal drugs. 24-year-old Zachary Seaburg was arrested last September after state troopers found 264 grams of meth, 24 grams of cocaine and suspected fentanyl in his vehicle. Court documents show there were needles and a baggie of M30…
Shelby Whitt and Derek KrauseWEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — West Fargo Police used a PIT maneuver to stop a fleeing vehicle Saturday night. They arrested the driver, 27-year-old Shelby Whitt of Jamestown, for fleeing, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of meth and fentanyl and driving under suspension. A passenger, 35-year-old Derek Krause who has no permanent address, was arrested for…
