OTTER TAIL COUNTY JAIL Archives

Reckless Firearm Discharge Leads to Arrest in Otter Tail County

The Otter Tail County Sheriff's Office says the Otter Tail County SWAT team was utilized to help arrest the suspect.

19 hours ago

Gabriel Ostler,

BATTLE LAKE, MN (KVRR) – A Battle Lake man is in custody at the Otter Tail County Jail after law enforcement says he recklessly discharged a firearm in a Battle Lake trailer park. The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office says that they responded to a call coming from that trailer park just after 4:30 P.M. on April 17. Upon investigation,…

Bemidji man charged with seven felony counts for officer-involved shooting at Frazee rest area

July 15, 2025

Alison Voorhees,

Todd BurrisOTTER TAIL COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) — A Bemidji man involved in an officer-involved shooting at a Frazee rest area last week is charged with seven felony counts. Todd Burris, 36, was released from the hospital before being booked into the Otter Tail County Jail. Burris is charged with two counts of first-degree attempted murder of a peace officer, two…

BCA identifies officers involved in shooting at Frazee Rest Area

July 14, 2025

TJ Nelson,

BECKER CO., Minn. (KVRR) — The officers involved in the shooting of a chase suspect last week at the Frazee Rest Area have been identified by Minnesota BCA. They say Becker County Sheriff’s Lt. Luke Sweere and Detroit Lakes Police Officer Philip Vaughn both fired their weapons at 36-year-old Todd Burris of Bemidji. Sweere has 26 years of law enforcement…

Fergus Falls Woman Arrested For Taking Child To Florida Without Having Custody

May 27, 2024

KVRR Staff,

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KFGO/KBRF) – 29-year-old Nicole Peasley of Fergus Falls was arrested after taking her child whom she did not have physical custody of to Florida instead of returning them to their father. On May 11th, the Fergus Falls Police Department received a report from the father, stating that he was waiting in the parking lot for the custody…

Wanted man arrested in Fergus Falls

May 6, 2024

Alison Voorhees,

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A man wanted in a St. Paul shooting is in the Otter Tail County Jail. Fergus Falls police responded to a call of a domestic argument at a home on College Street shortly after 1 a.m. Monday. Nineteen-year-old Zykevious Crosby was arrested after police used a search warrant. He was wanted on an outstanding warrant…

Jail in Fergus Falls again allowed to accept inmates after state sanctions

April 25, 2024

KVRR Staff,

ST. PAUL, Minn. (KFGO/KVRR) – The Minnesota Dept. of Corrections has reinstated Class III status to the Otter Tail County Jail in Fergus Falls. Sheriff Barry Fitzgibbons says he was notified of the reinstatement. It allows the jail to keep inmates longer than 72 hours. The department lowered the jail’s classification after a prisoner was deprived of food and water…

Jail in Fergus Falls cited for depriving inmate of food and water

March 20, 2024

KVRR Staff,

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Department of Corrections has penalized a county jail for depriving an inmate of food and water for more than two days as punishment after he smeared feces in his cell and refused to clean it up. The department ordered the Otter Tail County Jail in Fergus Falls to transfer all current inmates to…

3rd Degree Murder Charges For 2 Women Tied To Overdose Death

February 16, 2022

TJ Nelson,

GRANT CO., Minn. (KVRR) — Two women are charged with 3rd degree murder in the overdose death last March of 27-year-old Jonathan Murtland of Elbow Lake, Minnesota. Grant County Sheriff’s Office determined that 24-year-old Rachel MacMillan of Elbow Lake and 30-year-old Montana Hedstrom of Dalton provided Murtland with fentanyl which led to his death. He was found not breathing at…

Fergus Falls man under arrest for child endangerment

July 30, 2021

Site Staff,

FERGUS FALLS, MN (KVRR) — Fergus Falls police say a 56 year old resident is under arrest in connection with injuries to an 11 year old child. Police along with EMT’s were called to the 1100 block of Mill Street at 8:52 am Friday morning. It was reported that an 11 year old slipped, fell and suffered a head injury….

Man Charged With Murder Kills Himself In Otter Tail County Jail

October 19, 2020

TJ Nelson,

Derek SweereFERGUS FALLS, Minn. — Police in Fergus Falls say a man charged in the killing of his roommate, committed suicide in the Otter Tail County Jail. 41-year-old Derek Sweere of Perham was found in his cell late Friday night. Sweere was charged with second-degree murder in the March 30th death of his roommate, Brandon Snyder, in Perham. He was…