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Former manager accused of stealing over $70K from VFW

June 8, 2023

KVRR Staff,

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KFGO) – The former manager of the VFW post in Frazee, Minnesota has been charged with theft, theft by swindle, and wrongfully receiving unemployment benefits. Anne Omundson, 42, of Frazee is accused of stealing more than $70,000 from the organization from 2019 through February of 2022. The charges say more than $6,200 of the total came from…

Home Health Care Worker Arrested For Defrauding Victim of $8,000

June 8, 2023

KVRR Staff,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Fargo woman is arrested and accused of defrauding a vulnerable adult out of over $8,000. Police say 22-year-old Racelia Gbla is a home health care provider and was helping the victim with medical needs. She is accused of using their personal information to make fraudulent online purchases. Investigators interviewed a resident at the address where…

Teen Crashes Vehicle Reported Stolen Into Snowbank During Chase in Thompson, N.D.

March 22, 2023

TJ Nelson,

GRAND FORKS CO., N.D.(KVRR) — A teen crashes a stolen vehicle into a snowbank in Thompson, North Dakota during a chase with a Grand Forks County Sheriff’s deputy. It was just after midnight when the deputy tried to stop 18-year-old Dominick Eley of Thompson on a rural road. But Eley fled into town, hitting speeds of 70 miles per hour…

Woman Takes Cab As Driver Uses Restroom in Fosston, Arrested in Bemidji

February 1, 2023

TJ Nelson,

BEMIDJI, Minn. (KVRR) — A Cass Lake, Minnesota woman is arrested after being accused of stealing a cab. Police say 34-year-old Mardee Jones was getting a ride in a Doyle Taxi Cab last night from Essentia in Fargo to Cass Lake. When the driver stopped at a Fosston gas station to use the restroom, police say Jones got behind the…

Man Arrested After Crime Spree In The Grand Cities

November 9, 2022

TJ Nelson,

EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. (KVRR) — Police in Grand Forks and East Grand Forks chase a man that was reported to be driving on a sidewalk at Walmart and later threatened to shoot a woman. 28-year-old Kyle Tischler, who has no known address, was taken into custody when he got out of his vehicle in East Grand Forks Tuesday afternoon….

Mahnomen Man Charged With Attempted Murder For Stabbing

October 25, 2022

TJ Nelson,

MAHNOMEN, Minn. (KVRR) — A Mahnomen man is now charged with attempted murder after a stabbing last week. The victim told authorities that Elias Thompson Jr. is the one who stabbed him in the back at a home near Mahnomen. A witness backed up the victim’s account. The victim was flown to a Fargo hospital with a punctured lung. Officers…

Man Sentenced to Prison For Stabbing In Van Last February

October 3, 2022

TJ Nelson,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Fargo man is sentenced to 13 years in prison for attempted murder, aggravated assault and theft. Tyler Mollner changed his pleas to guilty back in August. He was charged after stabbing his wife while she was sleeping in the passenger side of their van in February. She jumped out of the moving van on 42nd…

Minnesota introduces catalytic converter ID to prevent thefts

The Moorhead Police Department is among several police departments in Minnesota that have started using a new method to prevent people from stealing catalytic converters.

June 15, 2022

Site Staff,

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – Moorhead Police is part of a pilot program paid through a state-funded grant estimated at more than $100,000 where they mark catalytic converters using serial numbers unique to each. A Moorhead police detective says there’s been a correlation with steel prices rising since 2020 and catalytic converter thefts across the country. “There’s three precious metals inside….

Looters hit Fargo apartment building damaged by fire

May 13, 2022

Jim Monk,

FARGO (KVRR/KFGO) – Fargo police are investigating after thieves stole personal property from tenants who were victims of a late Wednesday night apartment fire. The property manager of the building at 605 11th St. S says looters on bicycles and cars took items from the building Thursday night. She doesn’t know exactly what was stolen. The manager says tenants returning…

Woman accused of stealing $222,000 from Bismarck law firm

February 7, 2022

Jim Monk,

BISMARCK, N.D. – A Bismarck woman has been charged with stealing more than $222,000 from the law firm where she worked for five years. Barbara Norman faces up to 20 years in prison if she’s convicted. According to court documents, Norman worked for Larson Latham Heuttl Law Firm from December 2014 to January 2020. An audit discovered extra payroll payments of…