CRIME NEWS
Wadena officer injured in scrap with suspect over allegedly stolen scrap metal 
A Perham man is accused of striking a Wadena police officer while resisting arrest and causing an injury to the officer’s wrist.
By Steve Schulz , January 28, 2010
Man charged for breaking into Menahga church for Internet use
Tell-tale signs left in a Web browser’s history folder led investigators to a suspect in a church break-in.
By Steve Schulz , January 28, 2010
Staples man sentenced for attacking jailer, waving around crowbar while holding infant
A Staples man was given concurrent prison sentences of 54, 33 and 27 months and 365 days local jail time for confrontations with two people while he held an infant and a crowbar, and a violent attack on a Wadena County jailer.
By Steve Schulz , January 28, 2010
Former aid to Senator Ingebrigtsen implicated in plot to bug U.S. senator
A former aid to State Senator Bill Ingebrigtsen, R-Alexandria, is implicated in a plot to bug the offices of U.S. Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu in New Orleans.By Al Edenloff , January 27, 2010
Fargo man accused of attempting to rape exotic dancer
A 60-year-old Fargo man is accused of trapping an exotic dancer in his bed-room on Tuesday night in hopes of tying her up and raping her.
By Dave Roepke , January 23, 2010
Man involved in fox urine incident sentenced, chided by judge
A Minneapolis man was sentenced in Willmar Thursday for possessing stolen military night-vision goggles, which he lent to his father who used them during a 2008 Halloween incident in which he squirted fox urine on teen pranksters.
January 23, 2010
Police target bad checks
If you don’t have funds in your checking account, don’t plan on writing any checks – or you will face new consequences.
January 22, 2010
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January 22, 2010
Drive-by shooter sentenced to nine years in prison
Last Thursday, James Brown, 29, was sentenced in Douglas County District Court for his involvement in a drive-by shooting that took place in Alexandria in 2008.
January 20, 2010
Wadena man sentenced for 27th DWI
One of the state’s most notorious drunk drivers has been sent to prison for four years for his 27th driving while intoxicated conviction.
By Steve Schulz , January 19, 2010
Bemidji couple charged in baby trauma case
A Bemidji man and woman were charged Friday in relation to the high-force head trauma of a 7-month-old boy.
By Molly Miron , January 19, 2010
Police urge: Lock garage, vehicles
Attention Alexandria residents: Lock your vehicles and garages.
January 15, 2010
DWI crackdown leads to 21 arrests
The Alexandria Police Department and Douglas County Sheriff’s Office arrested 21 impaired drivers during the Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS) statewide December-long impaired driving enforcement campaign.
January 15, 2010
Alexandria police urge: Lock your car, garage
Attention Alexandria residents: Lock your vehicles and garages.
By Staff Report , January 13, 2010
Fargo police arrest two in alleged robbery
Fargo police officers chased down two men on foot and arrested them in connection with an alleged robbery early Monday in south Fargo.
By Staff Report , January 12, 2010
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