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Fargo Man Reaches Plea Deal in Deadly Shooting Last September

April 7, 2025

TJ Nelson,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Fargo man who claimed he shot a man in self-defense last September during an argument has entered an Alford plea to manslaughter. That means Tyreik Taylor-Roberts maintains his innocence but admits there is enough evidence to convict him. As part of a plea deal, murder, aggravated assault, fentanyl and drug paraphernalia charges were dropped. The…

East Grand Forks Man Enters Not Guilty Plea In His Father’s 2020 Shooting Death

March 24, 2025

TJ Nelson,

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — An East Grand Forks man has waived his preliminary hearing and entered a not guilty plea in the shooting death of his father in 2020. 32-year-old Vincent Villarreal is charged with murder for the shooting death of his father. 55-year-old Jeffrey Shulzitski was found dead on December 5, 2020 at Budget Inn Express in Grand…

Nichole Rice On Trial in G.F. For Murder of Roommate, Anita Knutson, In Minot in 2007

The prosecution is still in the midst of calling witnesses in an attempt to prove Rice's guilt.

March 20, 2025

Gabriel Ostler,

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Nichole Rice stands accused of murdering her roommate, Anita Knutson, in a fit of rage in their apartment near Minot State University back in 2007. The trial has been moved to Grand Forks, where the prosecution focuses on eliminating other suspects, saying only Rice had the motive and the opportunity, while the defense tries to…

UPDATE: Arrest Made Following Murders on Spirit Lake Reservation, Three Dead

March 4, 2025

Jim Monk, KVRR Staff,

ST. MICHAEL, N.D. (KVRR) — A shooting in St. Michael, North Dakota has left three members of Spirit Lake Tribe dead. The tribe was notified of the shootings around 9:30 a.m. by Bureau of Indian Affairs and the suspect was taken into custody around 1:20 p.m. The suspect’s identity has not been released. The tribal council has issued administrative leave…

Icanberry Sentenced For 2023 Murder in Moorhead

February 27, 2025

TJ Nelson,

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — A thirty-year prison sentence is given to the man found guilty of killing 60-year-old Terry Klevgaard in Moorhead in 2023. Robert Icanberry was found guilty of second-degree murder last month. Police found Klevgaard dead of “multiple sharp force injuries” in a Moorhead apartment in the 1800 block of 1st Avenue North on April 17, 2023. He…

Wife of Murdered Detroit Lakes Missionary Charged for Alleged Role in Husband’s Death

February 24, 2025

KVRR Staff,

LUBANGO, ANGOLA (KFGO) — The wife of a Detroit Lakes missionary who was killed in Angola, Africa in October has been charged as a co-author in her husband’s murder. Jackie Shroyer was arrested October 29, 2024, four days after her husband, Beau Shroyer, was killed. The Angolan Criminal Investigation Service says it’s believed Jackie was having an affair with a security…

Update: Leonard Peltier released from prison following sentence commutation in FBI killings

February 18, 2025

KVRR Staff,

Leonard Peltier, shortly after his release from federal prison in Florida on Feb. 18, 2025. Photo by Angel White Eyes SUMTERVILLE, Fla. (AP) – Leonard Peltier was released from a Florida prison Tuesday morning based on former President Joe Biden having commuted his life sentence for the 1975 killings of two FBI agents, a decision that elated Peltier’s supporters while…

Ten Commandments in ND Schools And Four Abortion & Reproductive Rights Bills Fail

February 12, 2025

TJ Nelson,

North Dakota House ChamberBISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — A bill to require a display of the Ten Commandments in schools has failed in the North Dakota house with 38 voting in support and 53 against. The house also voted 77-16 against a bill to charge women who get abortions with murder. The so-called “Personhood Bill” would define a human being to…

Fargo Man Pleads Guilty To Killing Girlfriend and Putting Her Body In A Closet

January 27, 2025

KVRR Staff,

FARGO (KFGO) – A Fargo man charged with murder after telling police officers he killed his girlfriend and put her body in the closet has pleaded guilty. Randall Duffy called police last June and asked them to send someone to his apartment in the 3100 block of 33rd Street S. Duffy led officers to a closet where he had put…

Man Who Fled To Georgia After Deadly Shooting in Fargo Last Summer Is Arraigned

January 22, 2025

TJ Nelson,

Leo DartoeFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A man arrested in Georgia in November for a Fargo homicide last summer finally appears in court in Fargo. 34-year-old Leo Dartoe was arraigned on murder, weapon and delivery of fentanyl charges. Dartoe is a suspect in the death of Sampson Bleh. He was arrested by U.S. Marshals and Atlanta Police on October 18 and…