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Fargo Man in Custody After Chase Crosses State Lines

The pursuit began in Roberts County, South Dakota, and ended in Richland County, North Dakota.

December 28, 2024

Gabriel Ostler,

RICHLAND COUNTY, N.D. – Just past midnight on the morning of Friday, December 27th, a Roberts County, South Dakota Sheriff’s Deputy pursued a 2008 Lincoln MKZ northbound on I-29 into Richland County in North Dakota. That’s when the NDHP jumped into action – taking over the pursuit near Mile Marker 37. One trooper deflated two of the Lincoln’s tires with…

$2 Million In Illegal Fentanyl and Fentanyl Laced Pills Seized in Roberts County

November 28, 2022

TJ Nelson,

Roberts County Sheriff’s Office/FacebookROBERTS CO., S.D. (KVRR) — A Roberts County deputy makes the largest fentanyl seizure in South Dakota history. All of these drugs were confiscated during a traffic stop on Saturday by the deputy and a Sisseton-Wahpeton Tribal Police officer. The estimated street value is $2 million. The seizure includes more than 16 pounds of fentanyl and fentanyl…

Update: Large amount of meth, cash, seized during I-29 traffic stop in SD

SHERIFF SAYS THE DRIVER MAY HAVE BEEN HEADING TO THE FARGO AREA

April 6, 2022

Jim Monk,

SISSETON, S.D. (KVRR) – A Mississippi man is in custody after authorities in South Dakota seized several pounds of methamphetamine, a loaded gun and a large amount of cash on Interstate 29 near the North Dakota border. Roberts County Sheriff Tyler Appel says a deputy found the drugs during a routine traffic stop Tuesday. Twenty-seven-year-old Travis Henley of Hazlehurst, Mississippi…

Sisseton Man Pleads Not Guilty To Sex Abuse of A Child

Joel Max is charged with three counts of sexual abuse and one count of aggravated abuse of a child

October 23, 2018

TJ Nelson,

SISSETON, S.D.– A Sisseton man has pleaded not guilty to sexually abusing a child younger than 12. 29 year old Joel Max is charged with three counts of sexual abuse and one count of aggravated abuse of a child. Court records say the charges accuse Max of abusing of a child between September 2016 and June 2018 in Roberts County. Each…