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North Dakota State Crime Lab facing staffing shortage

Jim Monk,

BISMARCK, N.D. – A declining number of employees at the State Crime Lab in Bismarck has limited what evidence can be processed for law enforcement agencies. Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says eight of 23 lab employees have left in the last two years, including five in 2021, because they’ve been offered higher salaries elsewhere, including one employee who left for…
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Former Deputy Appeals Drug Theft Conviction

Kerry Komrosky argues evidence was gathered illegally at his home and that it should have been suppressed during his court proceedings.
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BISMARCK, N.D.–The North Dakota Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments next month on an appeal by a former sheriff’s deputy imprisoned for stealing drugs. Kerry Komrosky argues evidence was gathered illegally at his home and that it should have been suppressed. The Bismarck Tribune says the 32-year-old deputy worked for the Burleigh County Sheriff’s Department and had been assigned…