DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KVRR/KDLM) – An Ogema, Minn. man will serve more than 6 years in prison after being found guilty of shooting and killing a retired Lake Park police chief. Morris Dodd Jr., who was found guilty of 2nd degree manslaughter in the shooting death of Jay Nelson was sentenced to 6-1/2 years in prison. Nelson, the former Lake…
BECKER CO., Minn. — An Ogema, Minnesota man is found guilty in Becker County District Court of 2nd degree manslaughter in the shooting death of Jay Nelson. The former Lake Park police chief was hunting in November 2018 when he was shot while driving on the Yellowhead Trail in West Sugarbush Township by 56-year-old Morris Dodd Jr. Dodd previously pleaded…
BECKER COUNTY, MN — An Ogema, Minnesota man arrested in the shooting death of former Lake Park Police Chief Jay Nelson appears in court. 54-year-old Morris Dodd Jr. appeared for a hearing and will be back in court on January 7. He remains in custody in Becker County. Dodd faces 2nd degree manslaughter and felon in possession of a firearm charges….
