SIMPLE ASSAULT Archives - KVRR Local News

Assault leads to pursuit of suspect and large police presence in North Grand Forks

July 15, 2025

TJ Nelson,

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — An 18-year-old Grand Forks man is arrested for simple assault – domestic violence after an incident at a home and a chase with police. Around 6:45 p.m., officers determined they had probable cause to arrest Edward Lassonde and tracked him down to a home in the 1300 block of 8th Avenue North. Lassonde was outside…

Former N.D. House Candidate Sentenced For Bar Assault

March 8, 2023

TJ Nelson,

VALLEY CITY, N.D. (KVRR) — A former candidate for North Dakota House in District 24 is sentenced for hitting her then boyfriend in a Valley City bar back in October. Kaitlyn Huss pleaded guilty Tuesday in Barnes County to a charge of disorderly conduct: fighting behavior. She had initially been charged with simple assault. Huss was ordered to serve one…

Buxton, North Dakota Man Charged With Attempted Murder After Attack in Emerado

January 4, 2023

TJ Nelson,

GRAND FORKS CO., N.D. (KVRR) — A Buxton, North Dakota man is charged with attempted murder after restraining a woman inside her mobile home in Emerado while it was on fire. Court documents show 29-year-old Jeffery Mundis tried to strangle Ashley Johnson on New Year’s Eve before she got away. Mundis is also accused of terrorizing the woman and assaulting…

Lake Park Man Charged With Hate Crime In Fargo Found Not Guilty

August 17, 2022

TJ Nelson,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A jury in Fargo finds a Lake Park, Minnesota man not guilty of a hate crime. The simple assault misdemeanor was filed against 35-year-old Kirk Jensen last December and he entered a not guilty plea in February. Jensen was accused of punching a gay man outside Cactus Jacks Saloon in October. He claimed he acted in…

Fargo City Commission advances hate crime ordinance proposals

If passed, the proposed ordinance could make anti-bias hate crimes punishable by up to $1,500 and could include a 30 day jail sentence.

June 1, 2021

Aaron Walling,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo City Commissioners vote to continue pursuing an ordinance that would make hate crimes Class B misdemeanors. In a three to two vote Fargo city commissioners vote to move forward with a receiving and filing ordinance that would make anti-bias hate crimes punishable by up to $1,500 and could include a 30 day jail sentence. “It’s…

Man Arrested For Attacking Woman During Traffic Stop In Fargo & Fleeing

Police say the two were friends

January 22, 2020

TJ Nelson,

FARGO, N.D. — A man is jailed after attacking a woman and then leading police on a brief vehicle and foot chase in south Fargo. As an officer approached a vehicle it had stopped around midnight, 32-year old Claude Black started to violently assault the female driver. Black was able to overpower her, pinned her down and got behind the…

Grand Forks Woman Accused of Felony Child Abuse

Justine Gourneau Also Faces A Charge of Simple Assault

July 19, 2018

TJ Nelson,

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — A Grand Forks woman has been charged with felony child abuse. An arrest warrant was issued Wednesday for 38-year-old Justine Gourneau. She made her initial appearance in court this morning on two counts: child abuse of a victim under the age of six and simple assault. Gourneau is accused of attacking an adult who intervened to…

Families Of Alleged Victims At High School In Colfax Retain Fargo Law Firm

Timothy O'Keeffe and Tatum O'Brien say the families are seeking information and answers

May 31, 2018

TJ Nelson,

COLFAX, N.D. — A number of families with students who claim to be victims of multiple incidents of student harassment and misconduct at the high school in Colfax have retained a Fargo law firm. Attorneys Timothy O’Keeffe and Tatum O’Brien with O’Keeffe, O’Brien, Lyson & Foss LTD. say the families are seeking information and answers from the Richland #44 School…