U.S. Attorney Mac SchneiderFARGO (KFGO) – North Dakota U.S. Attorney Mac Schneider is preparing to return to his private law practice in Fargo. With the second Trump administration, Schneider, a Democrat, says he expects to be replaced by a Republican-appointee. Schneider was appointed by President Biden in the fall of 2022. “When I came in, there wasn’t a need for…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Fargo man pleads guilty in federal court to one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Police arrested 20-year-old Kadar Pearson while investigating a shots fired report near The Arbors apartment complex. They found Pearson wearing a sweatshirt and ski mask, though the temperature was in the mid-70s. He fled and tossed a…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Federal law enforcement authorities in Fargo announced a plan on Tuesday to tackle a significant rise in violent crimes. U.S. Attorney Mac Schneider says the three-part plan will address an approximate 45% increase in violent crime since 2019. Schneider says the plan uses local intelligence information and federal resources to confront gangs and organized criminals before…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Drug Enforcement Administration has proposed reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug, recognizing its medical uses and lower potential for abuse. The proposal would see marijuana moved from a Schedule I controlled substance to Schedule III controlled substance, below drugs like fentanyl and methamphetamine. For Steve Bakken, chairman of New Economic Frontier who are backing…
FARGO (KVRR) – A St. Michael, North Dakota man has been found guilty of second-degree murder and arson in connection with the death of a teenage boy. U.S. Attorney Mac Schneider says in January, 2021, 36-year-old Cody James Belgarde shot and killed the teen, who was two weeks past his seventeenth birthday. Belgarde then set fire to the house where…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Lisbon, North Dakota man is sentenced to 40 years in prison on federal child porn charges. 29-year-old Craig Gregor was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Fargo. An investigation found that Gregor repeatedly filmed himself sexually abusing a 6-year-old child. Prosecutors say he later shared the videos with others on the internet. A search of…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Two men from Mexico were sentenced to federal prison for smuggling people across the U.S.-Canadian border into North Dakota. According to court records, 38-year-old Armando De Dios-Carrillo and 35-year-old Victor Manuel Perez-Aguilera, along with others, smuggled a group of Mexican nationals across the border in March, but were caught when the pickup they were using got…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — North Dakota U.S. Attorney Mac Schneider was part of a virtual meeting with U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday to talk about gun-related violence. U.S. Attorneys from all across the country talked about the department’s summer anti-crime strategy. Schneider says the message was very clear that there’s the potential to see an uptick in violent…
