North Dakota human-trafficking law to get first trial
Travis Levar Johnson and Joshua Harry are slated to appear in court Monday in Grand Forks in what would be the first trial under North Dakota’s 2009 human-trafficking law.Grand Forks Herald, 04/14/2013
Copper thieves hit Fargo branch of Dakota Supply; Grand Forks branch hit month ago
Police are investigating the theft of about 29,000 pounds of copper wiring valued at $120,000 from a Dakota Supply Co. store in Fargo over the weekend, said Pauline Berg, branch manager of the store.Grand Forks Herald, 04/08/2013
Former teacher pleads not guilty to more luring charges
The former teacher and coach who worked in Edmore, N.D., and this school year in the Grand Forks School District pleaded not guilty Monday to additional charges he tried to sexually lure girls using the Internet.Grand Forks Herald, 04/08/2013
Jury: Grand Forks man guilty of sexually abusing step-daughter
A Grand Forks jury on Friday found Justin Yarbro guilty of sexually abusing his step-daughter when she was 6 and 7. Yarbro, 32, of Grand Forks showed no obvious reaction to the verdict, maintaining the quiet demeanor he has had throughout the four-day trial.Grand Forks Herald, 04/05/2013
Ex-wife invented child abuse out of revenge, Yarbro testifies
Taking the stand in his own trial on the charge he sexually abused his stepdaughter, Justin Yarbro denied the allegations Thursday and said his ex-wife used her daughter to frame him as a volatile marriage was coming to an end.Grand Forks Herald, 04/04/2013
Defense in sex abuse trial challenges DNA collected from girl's clothing
On the second day of his trial, Justin Yarbro’s attorneys challenged DNA evidence that prosecutors say shows he sexually abused his stepdaughter in 2010 and 2011 when she was 6 and 7.Grand Forks Herald, 04/03/2013
Girl takes stand against stepfather in sex abuse trial
Wearing pigtails, smiling and holding a stuffed puppy, an eight-year-old girl took the stand to be the first witness against her former stepfather Tuesday in his trial on a charge he sexually abused her for months in their Grand Forks home.Grand Forks Herald, 04/02/2013
Larimore man gets 12 years for violent East Grand Forks sexual assault
Minnesota District Judge Kurt Marben sentenced Ismael Hernandez to 12 years in prison in court in Crookston Monday for what Polk County Attorney Greg Widseth called a “heinous crime” of sexual assault in East Grand Forks May 19.Grand Forks Herald, 04/01/2013
HELPING HANDS: Bended Knee ... Jehovah's Witnesses in EGF ... Crookston artist
Kent and Shantel Dudley of Bemidji, and their band, Bended Knee, will be in concert 7 p.m. April 7 in Reiner Lutheran Church, about 26 miles east of Thief River Falls on Minnesota Highway 1.Grand Forks Herald, 03/30/2013
Man pleads guilty to sex with 14-year-old in Grand Forks
Plea deal could mean a sentence of one year in jail. Charles “Drew” Tuck initially faced two felony counts each with a maximum prison sentence of 20 years.Grand Forks Herald, 03/28/2013
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