GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – The man convicted of murdering another inside a Grand Forks bar in 2024 has now learned his fate. Nicholas Narveson was sentenced on August 1, 2025, after he was found guilty of murder and other counts, including terrorizing and reckless endangerment. He received a sentence of 60 years in jail, with 20 of those being…
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – A Moorhead man has been sentenced for his role in a rural Cass County shooting last summer. Kyle McLeod pleaded guilty to accomplice to robbery and accomplice to aggravated assault. McLeod was involved in a drug deal that went bad and a co-defendant shot a man. The co-defendant, Starmaine Hoeper, has already been sentenced for his role…
Spencer MoenFARGO (KVRR) – A West Fargo man who beat his wife to death has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. Spencer Moen was convicted of murder in the death of his wife, Sonja Moen. Members of Sonja Moen’s family made heart-breaking statements on how Sonja’s death has impacted them and the Moen’s three children. Each recommended the…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley says a mandatory minimum bill is needed to set tougher jail and prison sentences as violent crime continues to escalate. During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing at the state capitol, Wrigley said many criminals who are convicted of dangerous crimes and imprisoned are out too soon. Wrigley says he has…
WAUKESHA, Wis. (KVRR-KFGO) – A Fargo man convicted of shooting two police officers in Wisconsin in 2020 will likely spend the rest of his life in prison. A judge in Waukesha County on Monday added another 80 years to the 50-year sentence Nathanael Benton is already serving for trying to kill an inmate in jail with a sharpened toothbrush. Defense…
BISMARCK, N.D. – A North Dakota woman accused of allowing an infant in her care to starve to death two years ago has been sentenced to five years in prison. Twenty-seven-year-old Paige Howling Wolf, of Parshall, pleaded guilty in December to charges of involuntary manslaughter and three counts of child neglect in an agreement with prosecutors. Law enforcement and medical…
FARGO (KVRR/KFGO) – A Horace, North Dakota man has been sentenced to five years in prison for a series business burglaries in West Fargo and elsewhere in Cass County. A district judge sentenced 24-year-old Shelby Whitt after he pleaded guilty to 20 burglaries. The break-ins took place over several months. Whitt was arrested in March. Assistant Cass County State’s Attorney…
Kim Potter MINNEAPOLIS (KVRR) – Former Brooklyn Center, Minnesota police officer Kim Potter has been sentenced to two years in prison for the death of Daunte Wright, who was shot when Potter mistakenly thought she was using a taser. Potter was convicted in December of first and second-degree manslaughter in the April 11 killing of Wright. Under Minnesota law, defendants…
WASHINGTON (KVRR) – A federal judge has sentenced a Moorhead man to two years’ probation after pleading guilty to charges connected to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. In a plea agreement with federal prosecutors, 31-year-old Jordan Stotts pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building. Three other charges were dismissed….
FARGO, N.D. – A Fargo woman has been sentenced to seven years in prison for fatally stabbing her boyfriend. Thirty-four-year-old Terin Stately had previously pleaded guilty to manslaughter in an agreement with prosecutors after she was initially charged with murder. Stately told the judge in Cass County District Court that she did not intend to kill 27-year-old Keanen Poitra at…
