FARGO (KVRR/KFGO) – Police are investigating an armed robbery and shooting in south Fargo Wednesday night, and asking the public’s help in finding two suspects. Shortly before 7:30 p.m., officers responded to the 1400 block of 1st Avenue S. where a man was suffering from a gunshot wound. The victim was taken to a hospital with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries….
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — A man in Grand Forks tells police he was assaulted and had his cell phone stolen. It happened just after 3 p.m. Thursday while the 26-year-old man was walking in the area of 6th Avenue and 3rd Street North. A description of the suspect helped police find him just a few blocks away. Ryan Delorme…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The Fargo Police Department have released the name of the man accused of robbing a downtown Wells Fargo bank on August 1. The robbery took place around 1 P.M., and FPD reported they had their suspect in custody around 4 P.M. that same afternoon. We now know the man is Jay Douglas Barker. Back in 2017, Barker…
FARGO (KVRR/KFGO) – A man was arrested after police say he tried to shoplift from Target and assaulted two Target employees. Fargo Police were called to Target on 13th Ave. S. just before 3 p.m. Friday for a shoplifter who had a weapon. Officers found two men fighting in the entryway. Loss prevention employees told officers they had tried to…
Madison DunkirkFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Police in Fargo arrest a woman suspected of shoplifting a $700 coffee machine on Tuesday, May 20 at a business in the 4200 block of 13th Avenue South. A loss prevention employee observed the woman loading a cart with high-value merchandise and attempting to leave the store without paying. When the employee tried to stop…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Moorhead man charged in a brutal downtown Fargo assault last year is found guilty on all three counts. 49-year-old John Hernandez was convicted of two counts of aggravated assault and a count of accomplice to aggravated assault. Sentencing is set for September 8. Hernandez was one of six people arrested for the April 6, 2024…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Fargo man accused of holding a knife to the neck of a worker at Loaf ‘N Jug during a robbery is sentenced. 34-year-old Lucas Tavares was given 8 years in federal prison. He was indicted by a federal grand jury for Hobbs Act Robbery and pleaded guilty to the charge last January. The robbery happened…
Picture of the suspect released by the dispatch center.(UPDATE) A man who set off a manhunt in Barnes County is in custody. Authorities say 48-year-old George Jerome was arrested in neighboring Steele County. He fled the scene as deputies were investigating a reported burglary last night in the small town of Pillsbury, North Dakota. Steele County Sheriff Wayne Beckman says…
ALEXANDRIA, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A man was arrested in Alexandria, Minnesota after a months-long investigation into sex trafficking. Police learned 30-year-old Dakar Ortiz was planning to stop in Alexandria Friday. He was wanted in Minnesota for sex trafficking and providing false information to police. Ortiz also has felony warrants in California for robbery, terrorizing, and assault. When Ortiz arrived at…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Fargo man is facing another robbery charge for allegedly taking a cell phone from a Fargo South High School student. A criminal complaint says 21-year-old Fidele Ndaruhutse approached the student while they were walking home from school in October. Ndaruhutse demanded the student make a call, and then took the student’s phone. He’s also accused…
