WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Fargo man faces charges after a pursuit and arrest by West Fargo Police. Officers attempted to stop 51-year-old Michael Samuelson early this morning in a vehicle that was reported stolen. Samuelson fled but eventually drove off the road and was taken into custody. He faces a number of felony warrants, possession of meth and…
CAMPBELL, Minn. (KFGO) – A bomb threat led to a pair of drug arrests in Campbell south of Breckenridge Monday morning. The Wilkin County Sheriff’s Office says its dispatch center received a 911 text message reporting that someone was in danger, a bomb was involved and deputies should respond immediately. Deputies from Wilkin, Otter Tail, Traverse and Grant Counties went…
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Fergus Falls woman is arrested on various drug charges after police began investigating suspicious activity at her home in April. 33-year-old Dilfa Munguia was arrested Tuesday and is being held in the Otter Tail County Jail. The complaint says an investigator noticed cars coming and going from her home. Over two days, about 25…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Minneapolis man is sentenced to 17 years in prison with 5 supervised release for Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances and Money Laundering Conspiracy inside Grand Forks County Jail. Fifty-seven-year-old Timothy Eason had been arrested on state drug charges and was being held in Grand Forks. From October 2021 to February 2022, Eason arranged shipments of…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The lieutenant for a Mexican Drug Cartel pleads guilty in Fargo to leading a major drug trafficking enterprise. 45-year-old Juan Sillas-Rocha of Tijuana also pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder in furtherance of the enterprise. He was indicted by a North Dakota grand jury way back in 2011. In September of last year after 11…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A St. Cloud woman pleads guilty in Fargo to leading a dangerous drug distribution enterprise from Mexico. 30-year-old Macalla Knott pled guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances, Money Laundering Conspiracy and Continuing Criminal Enterprise. She admitted to supervising, managing, and leading more than five people in the enterprise while living in Mexico since March 2020. Prosecutors say…
JAMESTOWN, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Jamestown School Board has accepted the resignation of Amy Tarno. The high school business education teacher and assistant volleyball coach is charged with a felony, eight misdemeanors, and a criminal infraction following a police search of her home. According to the complaint, Tarno admitted she had meth and marijuana in her basement, and she and her…
JAMESTOWN, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Jamestown teacher and assistant volleyball coach is now charged with a felony, eight misdemeanors, and a criminal infraction following a police search of her home. Stutsman County State’s Attorney has charged 45-year-old Amy Tarno with meth possession with intent to deliver, possession of marijuana, methadone and hydrocodone, LSD and drug paraphernalia. According to the complaint,…
JAMESTOWN, N.D. — A Jamestown High School teacher and coach is arrested and jailed on drug charges. 45-year-old Amy Tarno was arrested by Stutsman County Drug Task Force for possession of meth with intent to deliver. Tarno is a business education teacher and assistant volleyball coach at the high school. She has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation….
WAHPETON, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Breckenridge man is charged with murder. 33-year-old Anthony Kruger is accused of shooting 40-year-old Jeremiah Medenwald of Hankinson while he sat in a car outside Stern Sports Arena in Wahpeton. The criminal complaint says Medenwald and Kruger had been at Dakota Magic Casino prior to the shooting. The clothes Kruger was wearing at the casino…
