Fargo, ND Crime & Safety

A head-on crash near Casselton resulted in several people injured Friday, Oct. 22. According to the North Dakota Highway Patrol, the crash occurred on Highway 18 — between Casselton and Leonard — at around 9:30 p.m. Five people were injured in the crash. Some were airlifted to Sanford Health in...

LEONARD, N.D. (Valley News Live) - A Minnesota man is facing multiple charges including for distracted driving after a crash near Leonard injures seven people including himself. Law enforcement says a 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee, driven by 18-year-old Abraham Lara Cruz of Melrose, MN was heading south on ND Highway...

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - A Fargo woman is in custody after police say she pepper sprayed patrons at the North Walmart in Bismarck Thursday. Bismarck police say they were called to a fight at the store and found 26-year-old Kassie Jo Redroad with an off-duty deputy who was restraining her. Witnesses told police Redroad was shoplifting and someone approached her. Dispatchers told police that Redroad had pepper sprayed multiple people including three Walmart employees.

Two men have been arrested after a high-speed chase that began in Minnesota and ended with a crash in North Dakota near Fargo. Sheriff’s officials say a vehicle was traveling at nearly 100 mph in Clay County, Minnesota Wednesday afternoon. According to authorities, the driver stopped and he and a passenger switched seats before the vehicle took off again.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A North Dakota man is charged with second-degree murder in the decapitation killing this month of a man at the victim’s home on the Navajo Nation in northwestern New Mexico, authorities said Thursday. A criminal complaint alleged that Shilo Aaron Oldrock, 28, attacked and decapitated the...

FARGO (KFGO KVRR) – Larry Baldner has pleaded not guilty on charges he attacked a girl and used a racial slur. Baldner, 73, of Fargo is charged with aggravated assault against a victim under the age of 12, preventing arrest and simple assault. Baldner’s attorney filed a waiver for a preliminary hearing and entered not guilty pleas.

LEONARD, ND (KFGO) – A Friday night 2-vehicle crash near Leonard has sent 7 people to the hospital. At around 9:31 p.m. Friday, an SUV drove by 18-year-old Abraham Cruz, of Melrose was carrying four passengers going southbound on ND Highway 18, 6 miles north of Leonard, while at the same time 18-year-old Jaylin Parras from Georgetown MN was going northbound in a van with one passenger.

(Fargo, ND) -- The Fargo Police Department has found a previously missing 6-year-old, Ashwin Ghalley. He had been last seen Thursday evening at home around 5:30 p.m. and was headed to the Arbors Park area, which is in the 600 block of 23 Street South. According to Fargo Police, Ghalley...

MOORHEAD — A Dilworth man is in jail after Clay County deputies said he brought weapons into the courthouse. Dale Allen Whitefeather, 34, was scheduled to appear Friday morning, Oct. 22, in Clay County District Court on two felony charges of possessing a dangerous weapon in a courthouse. The charges stem from Thursday, when Whitefeather came to the courthouse for a hearing to face a gross misdemeanor charge of driving while his license was canceled.

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - UPDATE: Fargo Police have confirmed that Ashwin Ghalley has been found safe. ORIGINAL STORY: Fargo Police Department is asking for help in finding missing 6-year-old Ashwin Ghalley. Fargo PD says he was last seen around 5:30 pm today and was headed to the Arbors...

LEONARD, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Friday night two-vehicle crash near Leonard has sent seven people to the hospital, according to North Dakota High Patrol. Authorities say at around 9:31 p.m. Friday, an SUV driven by 18-year-old Abraham Cruz of Melrose, Minnesota was carrying four passengers going southbound on North Dakota Highway 18. At the same time, 18-year-old Jaylin Parras from Georgetown, Minnesota was driving northbound in a van with one passenger.

LEONARD, N.D. — Seven teenagers were injured when two vehicles collided in an accident that state troopers said involved distracted driving the night of Friday, Oct. 22. The accident happened at 9:31 p.m. Friday six miles north of Leonard on North Dakota Highway 18. A sport utility vehicle driven southbound...

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - The effectiveness of restraining orders has been called into question by many in the Valley this week after a fatal shooting in Casselton. Cass County Sheriff Jesse Jahner says 58-year-old Randell Burton was shot and killed early Monday morning after he broke into a woman’s home through two locked doors and barreled toward her bedroom. Court documents show Burton was ordered to have no contact with the woman due to an ongoing domestic violence case.