Gloria & Willie Scheel, Gregory ScheelPAYNESVILLE, Minn. — A Paynesville man has been charged with killing his grandparents who had taken him into their home. A criminal complaint charges 33-year-old Gregory Scheel with two counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of 93-year-old Wilbert Scheel and 80-year-old Gloria Scheel. Their bodies were found in their car along a rural road…
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — A former Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed an unarmed woman last year is out of jail. A judge set Mohamed Noor’s bond at $400,000 which he posted shortly after. Noor is charged with third degree murder in the death of 40-year-old Australian Justine Ruszczyk Damond. She called police in July to report a possible sexual…
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Bail has been cut from $500,000 to $400,000 for a fired Minneapolis police officer charged with murder in the shooting of an unarmed Australian woman. Mohamed Noor made his first court appearance in the July death of Justine Ruszczyk (ROOS’-chehk) Damond, who had called 911 to report a possible sexual assault behind her home. Noor’s…
Neil Johnson & Jacob GloverMOORHEAD, Minn. — A Moorhead man has struck a deal with prosecutors in the death of a West Fargo man who once lived in his garage. 26-year-old Neil Johnson pleaded guilty to second-degree murder without intent. Another charge was dropped as part of the plea deal. Prosecutors say Johnson shot 28 year-old Jacob Glover with a…
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — The man who pleaded guilty to murdering a woman in a downtown Minneapolis parking ramp last summer is sentenced. A judge gave 46-year-old Benjamin Love 24 years in prison for killing Mai Yer Cha. Prosecutors say Love was trying to rob Cha and her friends when he stabbed her in the heart in Parking Ramp B near…
FARGO, N.D. — A Fargo man has made his first court appearance after being charged with murdering a man at his north Fargo apartment. 29-year-old Daniel Habiger is charged in the killing of 32-year-old Jarryd Heis of Fargo. Police say Habiger called 911 from a convenience store shortly before 6:30 Friday morning and reported that he had been involved in…
FARGO, ND — Police are investigating a homicide that happened early this morning. The suspect is in custody, but police are in the process of questioning a witness. Around 6:30 a.m. police were dispatched to a Holiday gas station at 10th Street and 19th Ave. North. The caller, Daniel Benjamin Habiger, said he was in an altercation that led to another…
FARGO, ND — Savanna Greywind supporters are standing together to make a statement before one of her murderers finds out her fate tomorrow during her sentencing hearing. Community gatherings such as these are a part of the healing process for her loved ones in our “Lead Story”. Just six months ago, Savanna Greywind’s disappearance was a mystery. Now that one…
BENTON, Ky. — Gov. Matt Bevin says the fatal shooting at a southwest Kentucky high school leaves a wound that will take a long time to heal. Parents waited frantically at the school for any news of their children. “It’s, you don’t think it’s going to happen here you know? Like I said as soon as you hear it, your…
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The suspect who allegedly tried to run down a Bismarck police officer and triggered a statewide Blue Alert manhunt appeared in court in South Dakota. Ulises Salvarado, 22, was arrested in Brookings, South Dakota after he went into a convenience store and asked the worker for help for a gunshot wound to his arm. He was…
