SEX OFFENDER Archives - KVRR Local News

Sex Offender Jumps in River in Attempt to Evade Capture

The incident was originally reported by the Moorhead Fire Department as a river rescue.

August 10, 2025

Gabriel Ostler,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – A registered sex offender is back behind bars after an escape attempt required rescue efforts from the Moorhead Fire Department. The Fargo Police Department says that just after 3 P.M. on Saturday, August 9, they responded to a report of a sex offender who was not in compliance with registration requirements. 39-year-old Raybert Joseph Littlewind Jr. reportedly…

West Fargo Police arrest man after traffic stop and foot chase Tuesday morning

May 27, 2025

TJ Nelson,

WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A man with a nationwide warrant for failing to register as a sex offender is arrested in West Fargo after a traffic stop and foot chase. Police tried to stop 34-year-old Jonathan Grabowski around 9:45 this morning for a traffic violation in the 500 block of 17th Street East. As officers approached, Grabowski got out…

Man Indicted for Failing to Register as a Sex Offender in Fargo

October 23, 2024

TJ Nelson,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A federal grand jury has indicted Kyle Belgarde for failing to register as a sex offender. He made his initial appearance and was arraigned in federal court in Fargo. Belgarde is required to register as a sex offender due to his 2016 federal conviction for sexual abuse of a minor. His last registered address was an…

Fargo Parole and Probation Office seeking high-risk sex offender

February 16, 2024

Site Staff,

FARGO, N.D. (KFGO/KVRR) – The Fargo Parole and Probation Office is seeking a high-risk sex offender whose global positioning monitoring bracelet is not registering and no longer can be accounted for or located. David Lilley, Jr, 38, is an American Indian male, 5’08”, 195 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. His current whereabouts are unknown; however, his GPS bracelet…

Arrest Warrant Issued For Non-Compliant Sex Offender

Fargo Police say a 36-year-old moderate-risk sex offender has become non-compliant and his whereabouts are not known

October 24, 2023

Site Staff,

FARGO (KFGO/KVR) – Fargo Police say a 36-year-old moderate-risk sex offender has become non-compliant and his whereabouts are not known. An arrest warrant has been issued for Weston Calvert. Calvert was convicted in 2017 of luring a minor by computer in Ward County District Court in Minot. Anyone with information on Calvert should not approach or attempt to apprehend him….

Cavalier, North Dakota man sentenced to federal prison

August 10, 2023

Alison Voorhees,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Cavalier man is sentenced to 29 years in prison for possession of child pornography and failure to register as a sex offender. Thirty-five-year-old Cody O’Hara was discovered living at his girlfriend’s home in Moorhead after he wasn’t found at his registered address in Fargo. When authorties examined his cellphone, they found nearly 500 images and…

Fargo Man Sentenced for Sexual Abuse of a Minor

July 24, 2023

KVRR Staff,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Fargo man is sentenced in Cass County District Court for sexually abusing a minor. The judge gave 49-year-old Marc Leslie 20 years in prison for gross sexual imposition with a victim under 15 and 5 years for solicitation of a minor victim under 15. The terms will be served concurrently and he’ll be eligible for…

Grand Forks Sheriff’s searching for registered sex offender who cut off monitoring bracelet

July 7, 2023

Site Staff,

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — The Grand Forks County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a man who cut off his monitoring bracelet Thursday. Bill Brown, Jr., 23, was sentenced to 180 days in jail for failure to register as a sex offender. He spent 90 in jail and was scheduled to serve 90 days of home monitoring. The Sheriff’s Office…

Former Fargo South Band Teacher Sentenced For Sex With Student

March 20, 2023

TJ Nelson,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A former Fargo South band teacher is sentenced to 30 months behind bars for having sex with a 17-year-old female student. Sebastian Tackling must also register as a sex offender and serve five years of probation. Tackling pleaded guilty in January to a count of corruption of a minor in Cass County District Court. A charge…

Police searching for sex offender living at Centre Inc.

July 1, 2022

Site Staff,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – A high risk sex offender living at Centre Inc. in North Fargo is on the run. Thirty-six-year-old Ethan Bendickson is five feet 11 inches tall and weighs 190 pounds. He served more than five years in prison for a federal abusive sexual contact charge for having sex with a 15-year-old girl he knew. Bendickson is on…