CRIME AND COURTS
THE CITY BEAT Two ways to classify sex offenders and the battle over which is better
A couple of weeks ago -- the City Beat forgets when because time flies when you're writing lots of stories -- I wrote about North Dakota's failure to comply with the Adam Walsh act, better known aroun...
Posted on 8/13/10 at 2:41 PM
REPUBLIC INSIDER School funding lawsuit goes down in flames
Recently, when the governor signed the state's new smoking ban, I noted that I wasn't terribly surprised or excited by it. The ban seemed like a foregone conclusion to me. I felt the same way yesterda...
Posted on 4/9/09 at 4:21 AM
Suspected killer may need new lawyer 
Family unable to pay fees
A Clay County judge has agreed to let a Twin Cities attorney stop representing Clarence Burcham, the man accused in the strangulation death of Sharon Stafford in Moorhead in 1993.
By Dave Roepke , September 03, 2010
Bail set at $2 million in deadly Moorhead apartment fire
Bail was set at $2 million Thursday for Tracy Alan Zornes, a man accused of premeditating the murders of two people found dead at an apartment fire in Moorhead in February.
By Dave Roepke , August 27, 2010
Attorney opposes motion to delay trial for ex-North Dakota trooper accused of assault
The attorney for a former North Dakota Highway Patrol trooper charged with domestic assault argued Thursday against delaying the trial.
By Amy Dalrymple, Forum News Service , August 27, 2010
Deputy arrested at Fargo hotel
A sheriff’s deputy from Sargent County in southeast North Dakota faces a charge of disorderly conduct stemming from an incident Tuesday in Fargo.
By Dave Roepke , August 26, 2010
Armed robbery suspect arrested
A 36-year-old Moorhead man was arrested Saturday, suspected of robbing a man at knifepoint in north Fargo on Friday night.
By Dave Roepke , August 22, 2010
Sentencing set in Gilby bank robbery case
By Grand Forks Herald , August 21, 2010
Grand Forks apartment fire started by child
By Associated Press , August 21, 2010
Fargo woman accused of neglecting 2-year-old son
Accused of leaving her 2-year-old son alone for more than six hours while she went out drinking, a 23-year-old Fargo mother is charged with child neglect.
By Dave Roepke , August 21, 2010
Assault was allegedly to keep infant quiet
Police: Man wanted to have sex with child’s mother
A 20-year-old West Fargo man accused of injuring an infant boy badly enough to collapse his lung was trying to quiet the 4-month-old so he could have sex with the child’s mother, according to court records.
By Dave Roepke , August 20, 2010
Hurled hot coffee stops intruder in his tracks
CRESCENT CITY, Calif. -- An attempted burglary at a California supply store was thwarted when the manager threw hot coffee in the face of a masked intruder.
By Associated Press , August 07, 2010
Case hinges on DNA of John Doe
Charges filed, warrant issued for yet-unknown suspect
Clay County prosecutors have a suspect in a jewelry store heist in Moorhead that was committed nearly two years ago. Charges are filed against him, and a warrant has been issued.
By Dave Roepke , August 07, 2010
Friends of Duluth 17-year-old shot and killed by officers says boy had run-in with police earlier that night
A 17-year-old boy whose friends said had been drinking earlier in the night died in the street near his Norton Park home late Thursday, shot by a Duluth police officer sitting behind the wheel of a squad car as the boy broke out the driver’s side window with a baseball bat.
By Mark Stodghill, Forum Communications Co. , August 07, 2010
Nakvinda trial to stay in Cass for now
Jury selection slated to begin Aug. 10
Attorneys will try to seat a jury in Cass County to hear the trial of one of two men accused of murder in the fatal beating of Fargo dentist Philip Gattuso.
By Dave Roepke , August 03, 2010
Ex-Bison player pleads guilty
A fourth man charged in a series of thefts from Best Buy pleaded guilty Monday and was put on probation.
By Dave Roepke , August 03, 2010
74-year-old accused of sex crimes
A 74-year-old West Fargo man is accused of molesting three children ranging in ages from 7 to 11, according to charges filed in Cass County District Court.
By Dave Roepke , July 30, 2010
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