Eric ReinboldTHIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn. (KFGO) – An Oklee, Minnesota man who was convicted of stabbing his wife to death has been sentenced to 40 years in prison. Eric Reinbold, 46, was found guilty by a jury in Thief River Falls in September. Lissette Reinbold, 34, was stabbed 27 times. According to the criminal complaint, Lissette Reinbold was found by…
Eric ReinboldTHIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — Eric Reinbold, who was convicted of killing his wife, has fired his attorney and forced a delay in his sentencing. In September, the Oklee, Minnesota man was found guilty of second-degree murder for the July 2021 stabbing death of Lisette Reinbold. Eric stabbed his wife 27 times in their driveway as she was…
ST. PAUL (KFGO) — A Fergus Falls man has been charged with 2nd degree murder in the weekend shooting death of a woman in St. Paul. 44-year-old Matthew Ecker is accused in the death of 32-year-old Alexandra Pennig. The criminal complaint says Ecker reported the death as a suicide, but investigators determined that Pennig did not shoot herself. Ecker is…
MINNEAPOLIS (KVRR) — A Red Lake man is sentenced to 12 years in prison for a 2020 murder on the Red Lake Indian Reservation. 38-year-old Ralph Cloud Jr. pleaded guilty back in July to killing his cousin, Allen Smith. Court documents say Cloud was concerned about a relationship between his wife and Smith. He walked several miles to Smith’s home…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo Police arrest 3 men who are connected to the murder of 32-year-old Phillip Dewey Bergquist from Sunday. George Ortiz, 38, of Fargo is charged with a Class AA felony of Intentional Murder. Joseph Poitra, 29, is charged with Accomplice to Murder. He has no permanent address. David Reyneros, 25, of Fargo is charged with Tampering…
MAPLEWOOD, Minn. (AP/KVRR) – A man accused of beating and burning his girlfriend’s 17-month-old daughter to death in a Maplewood apartment has been charged with second degree murder. Authorities say Terrance Leslie, who was jailed on $2 million bail, filmed some of the abuse on his cellphone. The device recorded the 26-year-old Leslie, of Maplewood, saying he was upset that…
Anthony Reese Jr.FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Moorhead man accused of killing two co-workers at a Fargo manufacturing company in 2021 is expected to change his plea on Halloween. Anthony Reese Jr. had pleaded not guilty last month to three counts of murder, including of an unborn child. He is charged with killing 43-year-old Richard Pittman and his pregnant girlfriend…
WAHPETON, N.D. (KVRR) — 41-year-old Shannon Brandt, who is accused of intentionally running down a teen following a street dance in McHenry, North Dakota, makes his first court appearance. He appeared by Zoom from the Stutsman County Jail. Southeast District Judge Bradley Cruff presided. Brandt’s attorney, Mark Friese, waived the reading of the charges and penalties in the case and…
Eric ReinboldTHIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn. (KVRR) — A jury finds an Oklee, Minnesota man guilty in the murder of his wife. Forty-six-year-old Eric Reinbold was accused of stabbing Lissette Reinbold to death in July 2021 in their driveway. She was found by their children. Reinbold wasn’t arrested for nearly a month until a trail camera captured him near property owned by…
Joshua BrooksFARGO (KVRR) – Bail has been set at $1 million for a man charged in a fatal drive-by shooting that happened two years ago in Fargo. Thirty-year-old Joshua Brooks was arrested Tuesday for failure to pay a fine. He’s charged with being an accomplice to murder and accomplice to aggravated assault. According to court documents, Santino Marial was shot…
