BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — According to North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley, certain crimes against persons have increased, while overall crimes against persons are down five percent from 2021. He released last year’s crime stats Tuesday morning at the State Capitol in Bismarck. Reported murders have seen a 76.5% increase, from 13 to 30 cases. Negligent manslaughter and kidnappings have…
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The death sentence for a Minnesota man who killed a North Dakota college student 20 years ago has been officially changed to life in prison. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Ralph Erickson signed the sentence amendment for Alfonso Rodriguez Jr. last week, according to court records. Rodriguez, a sex offender, was convicted in 2007 of…
Derek ChauvinST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin appealed his murder conviction in the killing of George Floyd to the Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday, saying the district judge’s decision not to move the proceedings out of the city deprived him of a fair trial. His attorney, William Mohrman, filed a petition for review with the state’s highest…
WAHPETON, N.D. (KFGO) – A man considered a person of interest in the shooting death of another man in Wahpeton last January has now been charged in federal court with having a gun as a convicted felon. The charge replaces a similar charge filed in Richland County District Court against 33-year-old Anthony Kruger. Kruger was arrested and charged with murder…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A second man charged in connection with the murder of Phillip Bergquist in downtown Fargo last October has pleaded guilty to witness tampering. David Reyneros was sentenced to the 185 days he’d already spent in jail and was placed on probation for 18 months. Earlier this week, 39-year-old George Ortiz was given a 55-year prison term…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — One of the twelve jurors who decided Alfonso Rodriguez, Jr. should be executed for kidnapping and murdering Dru Sjodin is speaking out. Luke Lillehaugen was part of the six-week long, three-part trial in 2006 that left Rodriguez sitting on death row in federal prison in Indiana. He says the prospect of Rodriguez getting off death row…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Moorhead police say they are investigating a homicide. Police responded to a disturbance at an apartment around 11:30 Thursday night in the 3300 block of 12th Street South. A suspect has been arrested, identified as 25-year-old Douglas James Swenson II on a charge of premeditated murder. He is being held in the Clay County Jail. The…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An Emmy-winning actor whose career triumphs were later overshadowed by a trial in which he was acquitted of killing his wife, Robert Blake has died at age 89. A statement released on behalf of his niece says he died Thursday in Los Angeles. Blake was the star of the 1970s TV show “Baretta” and landed movie…
EDDY CO., N.D. (KVRR) — Bail is set at $1.5 million cash for Nicholas Poitra. The Rolla, North Dakota man is charged with murder and ten other felony counts after a deadly bar shooting in Sheyenne, North Dakota on Sunday. 30-year-old Troyal Thumb was shot and killed inside Rindy’s Sheyenne Bar after the acquaintances had an argument. Poitra went on…
Nicholas PoitraSHEYENNE, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – One man is dead after a shooting inside Rindy’s Sheyenne Bar in Sheyenne, North Dakota. Eddy County Sheriff Paul Lies said the incident occurred shortly after 7:00 pm Sunday. Lies confirmed the victim died and said they are searching for a suspect, 45-year-old Nicholas Poitra, who is considered armed and extremely dangerous. Family has identified…
