FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – The Red River Valley SWAT Team assisted Fargo police and the Metro Street Crimes Unit with a high-risk, knock-and-announce search warrant at an apartment building within the 1700 block of 40th St. S shortly after 2 p.m. Friday. Due to the criminal history of the suspects, the SWAT Team was was to serve the search warrant and…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Fargo man is in jail after Red River Valley SWAT and Metro Street Crimes Unit executed a high risk search warrant. 36-year-old Paul Pelaez was arrested in the 5900 block of 25th Street South around 11:30 a.m. Pelaez is a suspect in an aggravated assault that happened in December. The SWAT team was called to…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Red River Valley SWAT helped Fargo Police arrest a man accused of robbing two houses last night. They were called to a tent near the river around 2nd Street and 4th Avenue North around 4:30 a.m. for 33-year-old Manuel Perez. Police say Perez had broken into the homes north of downtown, showed a gun and left…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Red River Valley SWAT will be conducting a training exercise on Wednesday near the 600 block of Morrison Street in West Fargo. The exercise is expected to last from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. You may see SWAT members and other officers carrying firearms. No live rounds will be used during the training exercise. Those…
File PictureFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Red River Valley Swat is changing course and moving its training on Thursday from downtown Fargo to West Fargo. The Downtown Fargo Street Fair begins Thursday morning and it was believed to be a potential target last year by the man who ambushed police. SWAT initially planned to train around an old gas station on…
Red River Valley SWAT TeamFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Red River Valley SWAT is holding training exercises this week through Thursday. They were in north Fargo this afternoon. Tuesday they will be in the 600 block of 3rd Street North and 300 Block of 5th Street North in Fargo. Then on Thursday, the training takes them to the 300 block of…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Red River Valley SWAT wants you to know that they have two more training sessions planned this week in the metro. They will be in Moorhead on Concordia’s campus tomorrow between 3 and 8 p.m. They will also be training near the 500 block of 1st Avenue Northwest in West Fargo tomorrow from 5 to 9…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Police say a man with a gun barricaded himself in an apartment in the 1800 block of 2nd Avenue South in Fargo around 4:20 p.m. They say 36-year-old Bryant Matthews, who has no permanent address, made threats to the occupant of the apartment. Red River Valley SWAT Team was brought in to take Matthews into custody…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – SWAT members are using the area near a road closure for some training this week. Red River Valley SWAT will be training in the area of 11th Street and Main Avenue in Moorhead from 4-8 p.m. on Thursday. Officers will have firearms visible, but they will not be using live rounds. People may also hear yelling…
Terrica Thompson & Christopher ButtsFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Red River Valley SWAT is called on to execute another high-risk search warrant in a fugitive investigation. Two people from Tennessee were arrested in the 1300 block of 5th Avenue North around 8 p.m. 35-year-old Terrica Thompson of Memphis was arrested for an outstanding warrant for Second-Degree Attempted Murder in Memphis. 41-year-old…
