MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — A Fargo man who was convicted in May of shooting at his brother in Moorhead is sentenced to nearly 16 years in prison. Francis Ochiti was convicted of attempted murder in the October 19, 2024 shooting incident. Ochiti shot at his brother through the window of a home in the 3600 block of 39th Street South…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Fargo man is arrested on nearly a dozen outstanding warrants. The Red River Valley SWAT Team assisted Fargo Police and the Metro Street Crimes Unit with a high-risk, knock-and-announce search warrant at an apartment building within the 800 block of 17th Street South around 3 this afternoon. Antoren Bell, 35, was in the apartment and…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Fargo man is in jail after Red River Valley SWAT and Metro Street Crimes Unit executed a high risk search warrant. 36-year-old Paul Pelaez was arrested in the 5900 block of 25th Street South around 11:30 a.m. Pelaez is a suspect in an aggravated assault that happened in December. The SWAT team was called to…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A 29-year-old man is in the Cass County jail, accused of stealing a vehicle and fleeing officers in Fargo Tuesday morning. The Metro Street Crimes Unit contacted the Highway Patrol after finding a vehicle that fled from troopers last week. The troopers responded to a north Fargo neighborhood where a man was sleeping in the vehicle….
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Fargo man was arrested and taken to Clay County Jail this morning after a traffic stop on I-94 in Moorhead. 43-year-old Dallas Viker was arrested for fleeing, having stolen property and for outstanding warrants. Police received a report of a man passed out in a vehicle near Main Avenue and 4th Street. Metro Street Crimes…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A man involved in a shooting incident in Moorhead on Saturday is now in custody. Metro Street Crimes Unit and Fargo Police arrested 28-year-old Francis Ochiti of Fargo on Tuesday. A hangdun was found while the search warrant was being carried out and it is believed it was used in the shooting. Ochiti was taken to…
FARGO (KFGO) – A 39-year-old Fargo man is charged with burglary and theft after multiple items, including vehicles, were stolen from an auto shop in West Fargo. Court records say two people wearing dark clothes and masks broke into a shop on Center Street early Wednesday morning. One of the men was identified as Justin Rodriguez. Police say the entire…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo Police have arrested 20-year-old J’Veonte Logan of Fargo, a person of interest in the fatal shooting of 24-year-old Zion Brooks near The Arbors in south Fargo, for murder. Logan was located earlier this afternoon in north Fargo during a traffic stop. He has been taken to Cass County Jail. Police Chief Dave Zibolski will hold…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO: 8:20pm Update) — Two people are in custody after officers went looking for a fugitive. They arrested 39-year-old Joshua Steckroat for preventing arrest, warrants for probation violation, fleeing, and failure to pay child support. They also arrested 35-year-old Rebecca Wilkin on an outstanding warrant for marijuana possession. Metro Street Crimes Unit showed up at this duplex in…
ST. PAUL (KVRR) — Minnesota BCA identifies the law enforcement officers who used force last week while trying to arrest a man in Fargo on numerous warrants. They say North Dakota BCI agent Scott Voeltz fired his handgun at 29-year-old suspect Tyler Merritt of Fargo. The bullet went through his jacket but didn’t cause any injuries. The shot was fired…
