HUTCHINSON, Minn. — A man accused of assaulting a Menard’s employee in Hutchinson, Minnesota on Wednesday, also drags an officer and hits him in the head with a hammer. Police say the 61-year-old suspect hit the Menard’s worker with some lumber after a mask dispute. Police responded and a “slow speed pursuit” began near the Hutchinson Mall. The man stopped…
FARGO, N.D. (KFGO) – Authorities are searching for those who fled a crash in Fargo following a brief pursuit. Shortly before 2 a.m. Thursday, a state trooper attempted to stop a car for a traffic violation on I-94. The driver entered the tri-level interchange and went north on I-29 at a high rate of speed launching the pursuit. As the…
FARGO (KVRR) – Police say a female passenger died after she exited a moving vehicle in south Fargo. When an officer tried to make a traffic stop Friday morning, the vehicle took off at a high rate of speed. The officer did not pursue the vehicle, but continued in the vehicle’s last known path of travel. As the officer entered…
BARNES COUNTY, N.D. — A Fort Ransom man is arrested and charged with DUI after leading police on a chase in Barnes County Friday afternoon. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says 49-year-old Kevin Anderson was recklessly driving northbound on Barnes County Road 21, south of Kathryn. Authorities say he would not stop when they tried to pull him over and…
GRAND FORKS, N.D.–The Grand Forks Police Department arrested a man on several charges early Monday morning after he fled during a traffic stop. According to police, 51-year-old Shawn Bjerke was driving on N 12th Street when officers attempted to pull him over for being a suspended driver. Bjerke initially pulled over and exited his vehicle. Officers addressed Bjerke which is…
BRECKENRIDGE, Minn. — Police in Breckenridge are asking for surveillance footage from people along Tower Way, Siemers Court or Main Street after a shooting and pursuit. It happened between 3 and 3:30 Tuesday morning. A house was hit multiple times by gunfire. They tried to stop an SUV in the area but the driver fled into Wahpeton and got away….
CASSELTON, N.D. — An early morning pursuit in Cass County leads to the arrests of three men. The Cass County Sheriff’s Office says deputies tried to stop a vehicle at 1:40 this morning. The pursuit ended northeast of Casselton when spike strips stopped the vehicle. The driver, 25-year-old Collin Forthun, of West Fargo, was arrested for multiple charges, including terrorizing….
CASSELTON, N.D. — A Mandan man in a stolen pickup is arrested near Casselton after a high speed chase. Troopers tried to stop 35-year-old Jason Schaan near mile marker 342 on I-94 Saturday night around 7:30. The chase hit speeds of 100 miles per hour before Schaan took the Casselton exit went through the intersection down a ditch and got…
GLYNDON, Minn.–The officer and suspect in an officer involved shooting on Tuesday have been identified. The Minnesota Department of Public Safety says Officer Matthew Tri of the Glyndon Police Department attempted a traffic stop on Highway 10 at approximately 1:24 a.m. The vehicle, driven by 21-year-old Destiny Nicole Weaver of Fargo, fled and reached speeds close to 100 miles per…
FARGO, N.D.–Fargo Police responded to the scene of a reported assault Tuesday morning. When officers arrived, they saw an individual matching the suspect’s description leaving the scene in a vehicle. Police terminated their pursuit of the vehicle due to the driver’s reckless behavior. Soon after fleeing, Fargo Police located the driver again and used a tire deflation device. The driver…
