By: News Director Larissa Donovan BEMIDJI– A former National Guard recruiter in the Bemidji area is now facing two criminal sexual conduct charges. According to court documents, a second victim, identified as C.T., told investigators this spring about an incident in which 34-year-old Ryan Rivers inappropriately touched her in the summer of 2017 when she…
By: News Director Larissa Donovan DETROIT LAKES– The suspect in a Becker County homicide case has been taken into custody. According to a release from the Sheriff’s Office, 18-year-old Ronald Wayne Elias Thompson the Third was apprehended Friday in St. Cloud, and is being held on warrants. Thompson, according to a release, was wanted for…
By: News Director Larissa Donovan BEMIDJI– Two were arrested in a local hotel last week for first degree drug possession. According to a release from the Paul Bunyan Drug Task Force, they completed an investigation stemming from anonymous tips about the distribution and sale of heroin within Bemidji and Cass Lake. Thirty-one-year-old Isaiah Johnson and…
