A North Dakota man was on the run for three days this week after fatally shooting another man in a bar, threatening employees and other patrons, and stealing security camera footage and a vehicle for his escape. Nicholas Poitra, 45, was captured on Wednesday when a farmer saw him walking near his farm and held …
A North Dakota woman charged with shooting a mother holding her 5-month-old baby earlier this month was ordered held on a quarter-million dollar bond on Friday. Tarnelle Abraham, 23, is charged with aggravated assault and reckless endangerment. She was also given a no-contact order for the family of the woman she shot, Valley News Live …
A North Dakota woman was found guilty Tuesday of conspiring to kill her husband and then working with her lover to hide the crime. A Bismarck jury took just two hours to return a guilty verdict for Nikki Sue Entzel, charged in the death of her husband Chad Entzel in December 2019, according to KFYR. …
Investigators in North Dakota have made an arrest in the cold case murder of an 18-year-old Minot State University student in 2007. Anita Knutson was found stabbed to death in her home when her father asked for a wellness check because he hadn’t heard from her in a few days, according to KXMB. Investigators found …
Florida man arrested for human smuggling relating to the incident, in which 7 Indian nationals were found alive.
A North Dakota woman was sentenced Monday to 30 years in prison in the death of a 15-month-old girl in her care last year. Meka Ducheneaux’s injuries were so horrific, Cass County State’s Attorney Ryan Younggren said, that he would not go over them in open court, and he told the little girl’s family not …
A North Dakota daycare provider has been charged with child abuse after police say she shook an infant in her care, causing permanent brain damage. Torrie Vader, 43, was arrested on Thursday and ordered held on a $250,000 bond, the Williston Herald reported. According to a probable cause affidavit, the 5-month-old girl’s mother picked up …
A 14-year-old North Dakota girl stabbed more than 20 times in a random attack last week has been declared brain dead, her father says. Robert Paulsen told Fargo’s WDAY that Jupiter Paulsen’s organs were being preserved “to try to save some lives.” Jupiter’s alleged attacker, 23-year-old Arthur Prince Kollie, will be charged with murder, Cass …
A Minnesota woman allegedly crashed her ex-boyfriend’s funeral in North Dakota over the weekend, driving her SUV across gravesites and “trying to run people over.” Blair R Whitten, in her late 20s, was not welcome at the funeral, a witness told Fargo police, because of posts she had made on social media about the ex-boyfriend’s …
Investigators are so far stumped over the disappearance of a North Dakota mom, who walked away from a party in the middle of the night nearly two weeks ago and hasn’t been seen since, Inforum reports. Detectives say Anne Fitzsimonds, 47, may have intended to walk to her home 26 miles away from the Petersburg …
Authorities in North Dakota say a 24-year-old high school teacher has been arrested on suspicion of sending at least one teen student naked photos of herself and other inappropriate communications. According to the New York Post, investigators became aware of the allegations in recent weeks, reportedly after a 17-year-old student at Beulah High School bragged …
The boyfriend of a slain North Dakota woman whose neighbors cut their unborn child from her womb in August 2017 said their now-16-month-old is doing well despite the loss of her mother. Speaking with People, Ashton Matheny said he is enrolled in community college while his toddler daughter, Haisley Jo Matheny, is in a Head Start program …
