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Moorhead Man Arrested After SWAT Standoff

Authorities say 44-year-old Landar Moore was trying to avoid being arrested for a parole violation.

June 15, 2025

Gabriel Ostler,

FARGO, N.D. – A Moorhead man is in custody after the Fargo Police Department says he attempted to evade arrest for an active warrant. The FPD says at 6:02 P.M. on Saturday, June 14, they responded to a report of a wanted person in 100 block of 12th St. S. 44-year-old Landar Moore of Moorhead had an active warrant out…

Parole denied for American Indian Movement leader Leonard Peltier

July 2, 2024

KVRR Staff,

Leonard PeltierWASHINGTON – Leonard Peltier, who has spent most of his life in prison since his conviction in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents in South Dakota, has been denied parole. The U.S. Parole Commission said in a statement Tuesday announcing the decision that he won’t be eligible for another parole hearing until June 2026. His attorney, Kevin Sharp,…

Drone Used To Capture Williston Man Hiding In Field In Cass County

September 14, 2022

TJ Nelson,

CASS CO., N.D. (KVRR) — A Williston man is jailed after fleeing from police late Tuesday night in West Fargo. Police attempted to stop 48-year-old Shawn Galusha for a traffic violation near the 800 block of 40th Avenue East. But Galusha fled into rural Cass County. Sheriff’s deputies used spikes to stop his vehicle on a dead-end gravel road, but…

Convict Says Life Sentence Discriminates Against Young

The 42-year-old Helmenstein was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole for a deadly liquor store robbery.

August 21, 2019

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BISMARCK, N.D.–A man who was convicted of murder 20 years ago is arguing that a life sentence discriminates against younger people. Shawn Helmenstein is seeking to clarify his parole eligibility date. The 42-year-old Helmenstein was sentenced in 2000 to life in prison with the possibility of parole for a deadly liquor store robbery. The Bismarck Tribune reports that South Central…

Elbow Lake Woman Sentenced For Illegally Voting In 2016 Election

Rebekah Salter was found to be ineligible to vote due to a previous felony conviction

May 24, 2018

TJ Nelson,

GRANT COUNTY, Minn. — An Elbow Lake, Minnesota woman has been sentenced for illegally voting in the November, 2016, general election. 21-year-old Rebekah Salter was sentenced to 30 days in jail in Grant County with credit for 14 days already served. Salter turned in an absentee ballot and was later found to be ineligible to vote due to a previous…

“Free Through Recovery” To Launch Thursday In North Dakota

Program To Help Former Inmates Stay Clean And Out Of Custody

January 29, 2018

TJ Nelson,

BISMARCK, ND — North Dakota will begin a new program for people who are transitioning out of prison, on probation and parole, and at risk of incarceration. Free Through Recovery will launch on Thursday. The program was created through the state’s justice reinvestment initiative, which put aside $7 million for behavioral health treatment for those on parole and probation. Officials…

North Dakota “Blue Alert” Suspect Appears in Court

Salvarado says he will not fight extradition back to North Dakota to face attempted murder and assault charges

January 19, 2018

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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…

Man Sentenced in Killing of Bismarck Woman

Prosecutors say that Brickle-Hicks' lack of remorse and violent behavior called for the maximum sentence

December 18, 2017

TJ Nelson,

BISMARCK, ND — A man convicted of killing a woman behind a Bismarck store has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. A jury in September found 35-year-old Morris Brickle-Hicks guilty of beating 40-year-old Misty Coffelt and leaving her to die behind Runnings in April 2016. Prosecutors say that Brickle-Hicks’ lack of remorse and violent behavior called for the…

O.J. Simpson Granted Parole

O.J. Simpson will be paroled after serving nine years in prison for a botched bid to retrieve sports memorabilia in Las Vegas.

July 20, 2017

Site Staff,

LOVELOCK, Nev. (AP) _ O.J. Simpson will be released on parole in October after serving 9 years behind bars for Nevada armed robbery. O.J. Simpson will be paroled after serving nine years in prison for a botched bid to retrieve sports memorabilia in Las Vegas. A Nevada parole board decided Thursday that the 70-year-old former football, TV and movie star…

Suspect Arrested in Robbery at Brady’s Service Center in Moorhead

The suspect demanded money from the clerk and had his hand in his pocket to indicate he had a gun before he fled

April 26, 2017

TJ Nelson,

MOORHEAD, Minn. — Surveillance photos from the robbery at Brady’s Service Center in Moorhead nearly two weeks ago has helped catch the suspect. A Minnesota Department of Corrections agent saw the pictures and told police that Dwayne Murray, who was on probation for a previous gas station robbery, fit the description. Police also found discarded clothing believed to be used…