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Moorhead man's dog helps police catch him after car chase

MOORHEAD – Moorhead police nabbed a suspect in a Sunday morning car chase with a little help from the suspect’s canine companion. According to a Moorhead police report on the...

news / crime Mon, May 20, 2013 - 1:57pm

Man pleads innocent in shootings

A Detroit Lakes man accused of shooting two people and killing one of them has pleaded innocent to all charges. Ronald Matthew Quiceno, 38 entered his plea Thursday afternoon in...

news / crime Mon, May 13, 2013 - 10:09am

Dock section stolen

A 16-foot section of dock has been stolen from a home near Perham. According to the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office, the theft was reported by a resident of Devil’s...

news / crime Thu, May 09, 2013 - 1:49pm

Wrong-way DWI driver facing three separate charges

The man who was recently caught driving drunk the wrong way down Highway 10 after sending officers on a short chase is now facing charges. Taylor (J.D.) Steiner, age 32,...

news / crime Thu, May 09, 2013 - 1:47pm

Weapons, video games stolen from Perham home

Three handguns, a cross bow, a compound bow and a Nintendo DS and electronic games were stolen from a home near Perham last week. The Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office...

news / crime Thu, May 09, 2013 - 1:33pm

Burglar caught red-handed charged

The burglar who was caught red-handed while stealing from a residence in rural Dalton has been charged with burglary in the second degree. On April 28, Jon Chauncey Sheldon, age...

news / crime Thu, May 09, 2013 - 1:31pm

Fergus Falls sex offender sentenced to jail

A man who engaged in sexual contact with a minor was sentenced in Otter Tail County District Court May 3. Andrew Lee Kruft, 26, of Fergus Falls, was sentenced to...

news / crime Thu, May 09, 2013 - 1:07pm

Perham horse case hearing postponed

An omnibus hearing for one of the owners accused of neglecting horses at a farmstead near Perham has been postponed. The hearing for Bruce Breun has been rescheduled from May...

news / crime Thu, May 09, 2013 - 12:55pm

Semi driver in Diet Coke spill had been put out of service

ALEXANDRIA, Minn.- The driver of a semi that rolled and spilled its load of Diet Coke bottles on Interstate 94 near Alexandria early Wednesday had been put out of service...

news / crime Thu, May 09, 2013 - 10:53am

Minnesota terror suspect returns to federal court today

ST. PAUL - The Montevideo, Minn., man who was apprehended as federal authorities seized explosive devices from his parent’s home will appear in federal court today. Buford "Bucky" Rogers, 24,...

news / crime Wed, May 08, 2013 - 11:25am

During an interview Monday, Jeff Rogers denies that his son had explosives on his property. The upside down American flag on Rogers’ wife’s vehicle is the family’s way of saying the country is in distress. Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny

Parents adamant their son had no plans to conduct terror act in Montevideo, Minn.

MONTEVIDEO — Buford “Bucky” Rogers was part of a home-grown militia, had a temper and may have been too outspoken, but did not possess explosive devices or plan terrorist activities,...

news / crime Tue, May 07, 2013 - 12:28pm

Authorities say offender attacked 11-year-old in Bemidji a day after he bailed out of jail

BEMIDJI, Minn. — A day after he bailed out of jail, where he was being held for failing to register as a predatory offender, authorities say Jeremy Bruce Cournoyer raped...

news / crime Tue, May 07, 2013 - 10:02am

Firefighters from the Wadena Fire Department ensure a grass fire southeast of Wadena near 130th Street is completely extinguished. Kenneth J. Derby of Wadena later admitted to intentionally starting the fire and was arrested on the charge of wildfire arson.

Wadena man admits to setting wildfires

Kenneth J. Derby, 57, Wadena, was arrested and booked into the Wadena County Jail Tuesday pending charges of felony wildfire arson, according to a press release by the Wadena County...

news / crime Mon, May 06, 2013 - 11:52am

Dent woman charged with computer destruction

Angela Kay Larson, 30, of Dent, appeared in Otter Tail County District Court on Monday, charged with destruction of a computer network and software system. Court records state that Larson,...

news / crime Thu, May 02, 2013 - 2:36pm

Woman involved in murder plot sentenced to jail

Kimberly Dawn Ryan, 36, of Fergus Falls, was sentenced April 26 in Otter Tail County District Court on charges of conspiracy to commit a crime and assault in the first...

news / crime Thu, May 02, 2013 - 2:34pm

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