Moorhead Police Archives - Page 5 of 21

UPDATE: MN BCA Alert For Missing Moorhead Woman is Canceled

September 12, 2024

TJ Nelson,

UPDATE 09/13/24: **CANCEL – Mkeilah has been located and is safe.** MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Minnesota BCA has issued an alert for help in locating 19-year-old Mkeilah Saurer who is a vulnerable adult. She was last seen around 5:45 last night in the 200 block of 9th Street South in Moorhead where she walked away from her home. Saurer was…

Search for two felony robbery, assault suspects

August 27, 2024

Alison Voorhees,

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Police want help finding two suspects of a felony robbery and assault. Police say 31-year-old Francisco Vargas Jr. and 32-year-old Kaitlyn Smith are suspects in an incident that happened Monday morning around 6:15 in the 3000 block of 33 Street South. An adult male victim says Smith, brought him to a location where two males physically…

Update: Police investigating homicide in South Fargo

August 23, 2024

Alex Bertsch, Jim Monk,

FARGO (KVRR) – Fargo police, Moorhead police, state troopers and other law enforcement responded to a shooting in the 2200 block of 12th Ave. South. Fargo police confirmed that one person was shot. The victim was was taken to a hospital by ambulance, where they were later pronounced dead. The suspect had fled the scene before officers arrived. The initial…

Update: Fargo man admitted stabbing Moorhead teen 13 times

Isaac Arndt is charged with second-degree murder for the death of 14-year-old Jaelynn Nicole Walker.

August 21, 2024

Jim Monk,

Jaelynn WalkerMOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Court documents says the man accused of killing a teenage girl in Moorhead this week admitted to police that he stabbed the girl 13 times. Eighteen-year-old Isaac Arndt is charged with second-degree murder for the death of 14-year-old Jaelynn Nicole Walker. According to prosecutors, Arndt arrived at the Clay County Law Enforcement Center late Monday…

Fargo man arrested in connection to Moorhead shootout

August 15, 2024

Alison Voorhees,

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — A second arrest is made in connection to a Moorhead shootout last week. The Metro Street Crimes Task Force located and arrested 24-year-old Markees Dempsey of Fargo. Moorhead Police say he was involved in the shooting in the 1000 block of 14th Street South on August 7, south of MSUM. He was arrested in Fargo and…

Moorhead man accused of sex crimes against children

August 15, 2024

Jim Monk,

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – A Moorhead man is facing several charges that involve alleged criminal sexual contact with a minor. Police say a search warrant executed on Tuesday, led to the arrest of 53-year-old Jon Stock. Stock is charged with two counts of criminal sexual contact with a person under 14, one count of second degree criminal sexual contact, use of…

Update: One suspect arrested after property dispute leads to gunfire in Moorhead

August 8, 2024

Jim Monk,

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Moorhead police are investigating an incident involving gunshots Wednesday evening. Tamorris Dempsey, 45, was arrested on three counts of 2nd degree assault, three counts of drive-by shooting, and three counts of discharge of a firearm. Police say at approximately 7:10 p.m., officers responded to multiple reports of gunshots. Two parties exchanged gunfire. It is believed that…

Fatal Stabbing in North Moorhead Under Investigation, Woman Arrested

August 4, 2024

TJ Nelson,

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR: 5pm Update) — A man stabbed in the chest in north Moorhead has died of his injuries at Sanford Medical Center. 47-year-old Connie Jo Frank is booked into Clay County Jail for second degree murder and DWI. Police will not release the name of the victim until family members can be notified. Police say they responded to…

UPDATE: Missing Moorhead man taken into custody

July 29, 2024

Alison Voorhees,

UPDATE: Richard Folden was located and taken into custody in Fargo. MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — A warrant is issued for the arrest of a missing person. Moorhead Police says 67-year-old Richard Folden is a Level 3 Predatory Offender. The MN Department of Corrections issued the warrant for his arrest after the Fargo Police Department issued the missing persons alert….

Moorhead man arrested, victim identified in fatal shooting

July 25, 2024

Alison Voorhees,

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Moorhead police make an arrest after a man who was shot Wednesday morning has died. Officers arrested 35-year-old Jamal Ahmed of Moorhead for the death of 37-year-old Franky Torres. Police responded around 3 a.m. Wednesday to a parking lot of the 900 block of 18th Street South for a man with a gunshot wound to his…