Regional courts and crime

An Ottertail woman accused of pulling a gun on her daughter is facing a felony assault charge. Desiree Navin, 51, was charged in Otter Tail County Court with second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon. According to the court complaint, Navin's daughter called 911 to report that...

Nearly four decades ago, someone walked out of the Straus Clothing store in Grand Forks with a sweater they didn't pay for. It's unlikely the store even knew about it. Or, if it did, the theft was shrugged off and forgotten.

A Grand Forks man is accused of twice breaking into a Grand Forks County office to steal his own urine sample and drug testing equipment to avoid having to take another test. Benjamin Gordon Ewing, 19, was arraigned Thursday in Grand Forks County District Court. Police say they...

MOORHEAD - A rural Barnesville woman accused of setting fires at her home was released from the Clay County Jail after posting bail Sunday night. Tara Andvik, 33, posted the required $25,000 bond, jail staff said. Conditions of the bail set by Judge Michael Kirk dictate that Andvik...

A Callaway man made his first appearance Tuesday in Becker County District Court on felony charges of selling drugs and drug possession. Wayne Allen Gjerde, 47, of 115 Wisconsin St., Callaway, has been charged in connection with two separate incidents. He is accused of selling 1.3...

Police looking for three suspects who robbed a south Fargo Stop-N-Go store this morning also are investigating whether a bomb threat called in shortly before the robbery may have been a diversion. Lt. Joel Vettel said three male suspects, one of them carrying a long gun, entered...

A Detroit Lakes man made his first appearance Monday on a felony charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Dell Donald Holm, 55, of 25579 East Island Lake Rd., Detroit Lakes, is accused of being in possession of two firearms, a Remington pump rifle and Remington 12-gauge...

Two individuals shooting off a potato gun using walnuts as ammunition were the cause of a blockade and a school lockdown in New York Mills on Tuesday. The New York Mills Police Department received a report of shots fired on Tousley Ave. at around 1 p.m. New York Mills Police Officer...

A 13-year-old student at Wadena-Deer Creek Junior High School in Deer Creek was arrested Wednesday morning, for allegedly making a threat against another student. The Otter Tail County Sheriff's Office said the boy's threat implied the use of a weapon. No weapon was found, the sheriff's...

Thomas Fairbanks took the stand in his own defense Tuesday in his murder trial, admitting he was responsible - and no one else - for shooting Mahnomen County Sheriff's Deputy Christopher Dewey. But he had no intent to shoot him, was drunk and on drugs and feared for his own life,...

A 52-year-old Moorhead man allegedly blackmailed a 16-year-old girl, threatening to expose her nude pictures and a sex video if she didn't clean his house in skimpy costumes, court records show. According to a complaint filed Monday in Clay County District Court, William John Earles...

CROOKSTON - The prosecution rested its case about 1:20 p.m. Monday in the murder trial of Thomas Fairbanks after calling about 47 witnesses since opening arguments Aug. 17. The defense called four witnesses Monday, including Fairbanks' admitted accomplice, Daniel Vernier, who had...

A man was arrested and a passenger cited after a police chase Sunday afternoon north of Detroit Lakes. Percy Leonard French, 33, of Waubun is facing several possible felony charges, including fleeing a peace officer on a motor vehicle and first-degree DWI. A passenger, John David...