Babaamaajimowinan (Telling of news in different places)
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Bemidji police officials say the reported rape of an 11-year-old girl in Bemidji is likely an isolated incident. In court documents, the victim in the case told investigators of other underage girls who were also assaulted in the basement where she was raped. Bemidji Police Chief Mike Mastin said in a press release today that they identified one of the females described by the girl and that person is an adult and did not report being assaulted. That person also told investigators that she was...
The Beltrami County Jail has been ordered to reduce its inmate capacity from 132 to 80 after the Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) found inadequate staffing at the jail created conditions that pose an imminent risk of life-threatening, hard, or serious physical injury to individuals confined or incarcerated in the facility. The DOC said in a press release that a quick decision to reduce the capacity was made after they received a complaint stemming from a January 24, 2023 incident where emergency medical care was delayed after a...
A 34-year-old Cloquet man who is accused of setting a house on fire in Cass Lake on New Year's Eve has been charged in Cass County District Court with felony first-degree arson. Samuel Kyle White is also charged with a felony for threats of violence, a gross misdemeanor for domestic assault, and a misdemeanor for obstructing the legal process. According to the criminal complaint in the case, a woman approached a Leech Lake Tribal police officer who was leaving the Cedar Lakes Casino to report...
The man suspected of using Beltrami County funds without authorization to purchase hundreds of items valued at about $146,000 has died. The Beltrami County Attorney’s Office announced today that charges against Ronald Anthony Pula have been dismissed due to his death. Pula, the former Beltrami County Management of Information Services Director was facing 14 counts of felony thefts, financial transaction card fraud and receiving stolen property. No additional details regarding Pula’s death are being released at this time. htt...
A member of the Bemidji High School community has tested positive for COVID-19. Superintendent Tim Lutz released the news on Tuesday in a letter to families, students, and staff. Lutz says the person’s exposure dates were September 15th and the morning of September 17th. He says the school district has worked with health officials to identify those who had close contact with the case, and have communicated with them individually. Lutz says in the letter that the risk of exposure for other individuals in the building on those dates is no g...
The search is on for an armed robbery suspect in Beltrami County. Beltrami County Sheriff’s Department officials say one person has been arrested but a second suspect is still on the loose. The armed robbery happened around 9:30 last night at Lakes Market convenience store which is located on Irvine Avenue about seven miles north of Bemidji. The suspects fled with an undetermined amount of cash and merchandise in a vehicle that had been stolen earlier in Bemidji. That vehicle was soon located unoccupied after it had entered the ditch several m...
The Red Lake Nation is mourning the death of one of its conservation officers. Shannon "Opie" Barron, 48, died late last night after suffering a medical emergency shortly after responding to a call of service involving an incident where there was suspected illegal harvesting. Red Lake police officials say officers had just cleared the call for service when Barron requested EMS to his location after not feeling well. Officers on scene immediately performed live-saving measures until Barron was...
A prisoner who escaped from custody outside of Bemidji’s Sanford Hospital remains on the run tonight. According to an official with the Red Lake Detention Center, Adam James Johnson, 27, has not been located since he escaped on Wednesday night. The Beltrami County Sheriffs Office website shows a warrant is out for Johnson’s arrest for misdemeanor theft. The Red Lake Detention Center had transported Johnson to Sanford’s emergency room when he fled while outside the hospital. The Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office and the Bemidji Police Departm...
The search continues for two missing fishermen on Red Lake. The Red Lake Department of Public Safety reports it did not have any success locating either Deland Beaulieu, 29, or the 17-year-old boy who were on a Red Lake Fisheries boat when it flipped on Monday. Authorities say flight operations were once again conducted by the Minnesota DNR and US Border Patrol in addition to a citizen from Marshall County who volunteered to fly his personal aircraft. Watercrafts were also launched throughout th...
A 20-Year-Old Red Lake man is charged with murder for allegedly shooting and killing a juvenile male because of a dispute over a stolen home video game console. Joshua Francis Hill made his first appearance in U.S. District Court in Bemidji on July 11th. According to the criminal complaint, Hill was feuding with the victim over a stolen Playstation 3. Hill is accused of shooting and killing the victim on June 25, 2017, with a .308 rifle that Hill had in his possession leading up to the...
Red Lake Tribal Secretary Donald "Don" Cook, Sr. has died. Officials from the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians say Cook died Monday evening May 1, 2017, in Fargo, ND from complications from diabetes. Cook was from the Red Lake District. He was 74. Red Lake Chairman Darrell G. Seki, Sr. has ordered all reservation flags be flown at half staff in his honor. Don Cook has served as Tribal Secretary of Red Lake Nation since he was elected to the position in 2010. Prior to that, Cook served as a...
