WAHPETON, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A woman is charged in Richland County for her role in trafficking two minors. Court documents say last August, 36-year-old Ruby Martinez brought two 15-year-old girls to a hotel in Wahpeton where the victims performed sex acts on two construction workers for money or narcotics. Last month, Martinez and 31-year-old Javier Martinez brought one of the…
WAHPETON, N.D. (KFGO) – Two Wahpeton men are charged with sexually trafficking a 16-year-old girl in Wahpeton. According to court documents, Javier Martinez brought the girl to the home of Antonio Harris where Harris held the girl and repeatedly raped her over a two-week period. Investigators say Martinez brought the girl to Harris’s home knowing he would force her to…
WAHPETON, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – A man was injured in an accidental shooting while inside a vehicle in a parking lot at the Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative near Wahpeton. The Richland County Sheriff’s Office says the 42-year-old victim is a contracted employee at Minn-Dak. The man was taken to St. Francis Medical Center in Breckenridge in a private vehicle and then airlifted…
WAHPETON, N.D. (KVRR) — A false report of shots fired in Wahpeton leads to an arrest. Wahpeton Police say Brian Hauge, of Fergus Falls, called police to say shots were fired at 521 7th Avenue South around 12:45 this afternoon. A perimeter was set up around the apartment building. All people inside the building were told to shelter in place….
WAHPETON, N.D. (KVRR) — One man is arrested after a house fire in Wahpeton. The police department says the fire broke out before 8 p.m. Saturday night in the 500 block of 6th Street North. Adam Erickson was taken into custody for Endangering by fire or explosion. Four people live in the house but three people were in the house…
WAHPETON, ND (KFGO/KVRR) – A man was arrested after a shelter in place was issued for part of Wahpeton Friday afternoon. Police Chief Matthew Anderson says officers responded to a report that a man had assaulted a family member at a home on 3rd St. N. and pointed a gun at them. A perimeter was established. Anderson says the family…
BRECKENRIDGE, Minn. (KVRR) — A Breckenridge man is accused of raping a woman at an apartment building last Friday. 49-year-old Emery Hagen is charged with two felony counts of criminal sexual conduct. Police got a 911 call and arrived to yelling by a woman and a man. When they refused to open the apartment door, officers from Breckenridge and Wahpeton…
*WARNING: VIDEO IS DISTURBING* SARGENT CO., N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Forman, North Dakota teen is charged after another teen was set on fire in Sargent County last weekend. Sheriff Travis Paeper says 19-year-old Lance Tyler used a torch to light the 15-year-old male victim on fire after he was sprayed with brake cleaner at a party. It happened at a…
WAHPETON, N.D. (KVRR) — The Wahpeton man accused in a fatal hit-and-run in October has entered not guilty pleas in court. 53-year-old Chad Olson on Monday pleaded not guilty to criminal vehicular homicide and duty in accident involving death. Olson is accused of being behind the wheel when 20-year-old Bailey Bernstein was hit while walking with her mom in Wahpeton….
CLAY COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) — A Wahpeton man who was killed in a crash on Highway 75 in Clay County on Friday evening has been identified as 60-year-old Steven Tetzlaff. The crash happened around 5 p.m. at the 60th Avenue intersection in Moorhead Township. Authorities say Tetzlaff crashed into a vehicle driven by 69-year-old Linda Quam of Fargo. He was…
