The Bemidji Police Department is asking the public’s help in locating some stolen vehicles in the area. A white GMC Sierra with a Boss straight-blade plow was reported stolen Monday. Its license plate number is 150-NVA. Other active thefts include a white and red Yamaha Raptor with California plates, a black dump trailer, a blue…
Bemidji Police Officers Jeff Amey and Bidal Duran were recently recognized for their efforts removing impaired drivers off the roads. According to a release, Officer Amey took 81 impaired drivers off the streets last year, while Officer Duran took 39. The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Office of Traffic Safety honored both as 2019 DWI…
Law enforcement was called to the 700 block of 15th Street early Sunday morning on a call of a male brandishing a handgun. According to a release from Chief Mastin, officers determined that the suspect located in the area just after midnight on Sunday was not in possession of a gun, and was cited for…
The city of Bemidji is now under a mask requirement for indoor public spaces. The amendment to the local emergency proclamation was effective just after midnight this morning. The Bemidji City Council supported the Mayor’s amended emergency proclamation by three, with one against and one abstention. The council took up the vote after listening to…
Featured photo from Saturday’s demonstration in downtown Bemidji. The aftermath of the death of George Floyd while in Minneapolis Police custody has sent many across the state, nation and even the world, to demonstrate, and while many of these demonstrations against police brutality have been peaceful, there have been numerous instances of looting, rioting and…
Featured photo: Appreciation breakfast at the Law Enforcement Center. Submitted. Per Mar Security, according to an email, sent Big Apple Bagels coffee, bagels and muffin platters to the Bemidji Fire Department, Bemidji Police Department and Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office Wednesday as a way to say “thank you,” for all they do for our area.
The Bemidji Police Department and other law enforcement agencies deployed 35 law enforcement officers Tuesday to search an area recently burned by the Bemidji Fire Department as part of a three and a half year search for a 17-year-old boy last seen Halloween night 2016. The search for Jeremy Jourdain started at the west parking…
The Bemidji Police Department is still asking for the public’s help in finding 35-year-old Matthew Asa of Bemidji. Matthew was last seen at his residence oat Northland Apartments, on the 600 block of Minnesota Ave. NW, on Christmas Eve. He has had no contact with family or friends since. Matthew is 5’7″, weighs about 195…
Two registered sex offenders will move to the 1300 block of Beltrami Ave. NW tomorrow. According to the fact sheet released by the Bemidji Police Department, 43-year-old Gerald Browneagle has been out of prison since last November, and 34-year-old Michael Smith was initially released from prison last July. Smith has a history of engaging in…
The Bemidji Police Department reports that as of 1:30 p.m. today, the suspect in Monday’s apparent homicide has been arrested without incident. According to previous releases, law enforcement responded to the Sanford Hospital Monday night in response to a 17-year-old male with a gunshot wound. Bemidji Police Chief Mike Mastin says the juvenile was treated…
