COURTS AND CRIME

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Merrick named new judge for Southest Judicial District

Gov. John Hoeven named Thomas Merrick to a newly created judge position within the Southeast Judicial District chambered in Jamestown.

By Keith Norman , October 21, 2009

Update: Two Fargo men charged with attempted kidnapping of Kentucky girl

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - Two Fargo men are charged with attempted kidnapping after they allegedly tried to pick up a 14-year-old girl from her school in Bowling Green, Ky., and bring her back to North Dakota to marry the 14-year-old son of one of the men.

By Mike Nowatzki , September 23, 2009

GF man holds trespasser at gunpoint until police arrive

GRAND FORKS — A Grand Forks man, surprised Sunday night by a strange man sitting in his Ford Bronco in his driveway with the motor running, held the stranger at gunpoint until police arrived and arrested him.

By Stephen J. Lee , September 09, 2009

Woman accused of blackmailing pastor pleads guilty

MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) — A woman accused of blackmailing a North Dakota minister who paid her for nude dancing and sex has pleaded guilty to a felony coercion charge.

September 06, 2009

Bismarck woman faces terrorizing charge

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A Bismarck woman is accused of threatening to have a police officer and his family killed.

September 06, 2009

Wheaton, Minn., reeling from toddler's death at church

WHEATON, Minn. – Claude and Sherry Hankins said they closed on a house here on Thursday. That night, their 14-month-old daughter, Aundrea Brownlow, died after being struck by a baseball bat during a prayer service at their church.

By Sherri Richards , September 06, 2009

Alabama fugitives face more charges in N.D.

More charges have been filed against two Alabama fugitives accused of shooting at officers in southwestern North Dakota’s Stark County, robbing a Dickinson movie store and being involved in a chase and standoff with law enforcement near Gladstone. Twenty-two-year-old Ashton Mink and his 25-year-old wife Jacquelin Mink have been charged with attempted murder and a second count of criminal conspiracy to commit murder.

July 22, 2009

Supreme Court upholds convictions in fire deaths

The North Dakota Supreme Court has upheld the convictions of a man and his fiancee who were sentenced to life in prison for the deaths of a rural North Dakota couple. Aron Nichols and Tamara Sorenson, of Fargo, were convicted in deaths of Donald Willey and his wife, Alice.

July 22, 2009

N.D. Supreme Court upholds Nichols, Sorenson convictions

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Supreme Court has upheld the convictions of a man and his fiancee who were sentenced to life in prison for the deaths of a rural North Dakota couple.

July 21, 2009

S.D. hotel owner sues N.D. developers

FARGO (AP) — A hotel owner in South Dakota is suing Fargo developers in federal court, saying they breached contracts in the construction of two hotels.

July 21, 2009

Feds sentence school superintendent

PIERRE, S.D. — The former superintendent at the Crow Creek Tribal School was sentenced Monday to 10 years in federal prison for soliciting bribes in what prosecutors called a case of kickbacks and money laundering involving federal funds used to replace a student dormitory destroyed by fire.

By By Chet Brokaw, The Associated Press , July 21, 2009

Man kicks lawyer’s chair at hearing

MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — A preliminary hearing for a man charged in a sexual assault case was halted after the defendant kicked his lawyer’s chair and accused the lawyer of working for someone else.

July 21, 2009

Fargo developer sued over hotel construction

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A hotel owner in South Dakota is suing Fargo developers in federal court, saying they breached contracts in the construction of two hotels.

July 20, 2009

Man to plead guilty in DUI deaths

BISMARCK (AP) — A man accused in a drunken driving accident that killed two people on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation says he will plead guilty.

July 20, 2009

Court proceedings for July 18, 2009

July 18, 2009

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