WALSH COUNTY SHERIFF

Walsh County Sheriff releases name of inmate who died after medical emergency

GRAFTON, N.D. (KVRR) — Walsh County Sheriff say the inmate that died in custody is the man accused of setting fire inside a home and cutting gas lines. The inmate is identified as 39-year-old Patrick Aune, of Park River. He was jailed in Walsh County on Saturday for arson, contact by bodily fluids, criminal mischief, preventing arrest and reckless endangerment….

Former Longtime Walsh County Sheriff Dies at 73

GRAFTON, N.D. (KVRR) — The former longtime sheriff of Walsh County has died at 73. A Tollefson Funeral Home obituary shows Lauren Wild died on Thursday, February 20, just a week after his February 14 birthday. Wild started with the county sheriff’s office in 1989. He was the target of a recall election in April 2011 after he fired Deputy…

Pisek Man To Undergo Mental Evaluation After Shooting At House With People Inside

WALSH CO., N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) —  A psychological evaluation is ordered for a 75-year-old Pisek, North Dakota man charged with three counts of reckless endangerment. Walsh County Sheriff’s Office says George Tibert fired multiple rounds at a rural Lankin home with a woman and two kids inside around 7:30 Saturday night. One person was within a foot of a bullet that…