CROOKSTON, MN—Crookston Police are investigating an early morning accident Tuesday that involved a Polk County Sheriff’s Deputy. The accident happened around 5:15am at the intersection of US Highway 75 and 3rd Avenue SW in Crookston. Bowende Somde Eudes Ju Sorgho of Grand Forks was headed southbound on Highway 75 when he collided with Deputy Brittney…
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A Crookston Police Officer has been cleared for his part in a deadly shooting at a homeless shelter last summer. You’ll remember Christopher Ray Junkin was shot and killed at the Care and Share Shelter last June 30. Police had been called to the shelter for a report of men fighting and property damage. Officers…
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CROOKSTON, MN—The Polk County Attorney’s Office has ruled that a Crookston Police Officer was justified in the shooting death of a man this past May. You’ll remember in the early morning hours of May 16, 35-year-old Anthony Scott Dale was swinging a hatchet in the area of East 7th Street. Officers tried to subdue Dale,…
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The Polk County Sheriff’s Office says three men from the area have been arrested after a proactive, undercover chat operation used to identify online sexual solicitors of children. According to law enforcement, 45 individuals were being investigated from around the United States and Canada. The three locals arrested and charged are: 45-year-old Mark Richard Olson…
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CROOKSTON, MN—One man is dead after a shooting late Sunday night in Crookston. Crookston Police were called to the Care and Share homeless shelter around 11:45pm for a report of a fight. When officers arrived, they found a man who would not respond to the officers. Less lethal ways were used to subdue the man,…
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Here’s an update to a story R&J News has been following. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension has identified the man shot to death by Crookston Police last Friday. 35-year-old Andrew Scott Dale was holding a hatchet when he was approached by law enforcement on East 7th Street in the early morning hours of May…
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