crime and courts

By Stephen J. Lee Forum News Service GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- A northwest Minnesota couple faces felony drug charges in a Grand Forks court after being stopped downtown mid-morning on May 29 and fleeing, according to court records. Nick Schouviller, 24, Fosston, Minn., and Peyton...

Police Report The Bemidji Police Department responded to the following calls: Theft 3:15 p.m. Monday, 500 block of Paul Bunyan Drive Northwest. An individual reported they were swindled. 1:39 p.m. Monday, 2000 block of Paul Bunyan Drive Northwest. A drivers’ license...

Police Report The Bemidji Police Department responded to the following calls: Assault 11:57 a.m. Tuesday, 400 block of Bemidji Avenue North. Officers responded to a report of assault, where the suspect was located. Criminal charges are pending. 6:41 a.m. Tuesday, 1600 block...

DULUTH -- A Marquette, Mich., woman coldly and calculatedly stabbed a woman in the back and then pulled the knife out because she wanted the victim to bleed to death, a St. Louis County prosecutor told a Duluth judge Tuesday. Nicole Leone Revello, 29, heard those words without...

Police Report The Bemidji Police Department responded to the following calls: Sex crime 6:23 a.m. Monday: A woman reported being sexually assaulted. Theft 11:39 p.m. Monday: An 18-year-old woman was arrested for shoplifting at Walmart, 2025 Paul Bunyan Dr. NW. 1...

Police Report The Bemidji Police Department responded to the following calls: Assault 4:59 p.m. Sunday, 2900 block of Pine Ridge Avenue Northwest. An assault victim was unwilling to speak with officers. 9:51 a.m. Friday, 800 block of 26th Street Northwest. A 23-year-old man...

Police Report The Bemidji Police Department responded to the following calls: Burglary 3:08 p.m. Thursday, 600 block of Fourth Street Northwest. A residential burglary was reported. Warrant 1:28 p.m. Thursday, 200 block of Stoner Avenue Southeast. A 31-year-old man was arrested...

Police Report The Bemidji Police Department responded to the following calls: Suspicious 2:41 a.m. Thursday, 1600 block of 23rd Street Northwest. A 38-year-old man was arrested on charges of gross misdemeanor obstructing the legal process and attempting to escape from...

MINNEAPOLIS -- A Red Lake man accused of cutting another man’s neck with speaker wire pleaded guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, according to the U.S. Justice Department. James Waybenais, 19, entered his plea on a charge of assault resulting in serious bodily...

BEMIDJI — The first lawsuit born of the Minnesota Child Victims Act was filed Wednesday, and the lawyer representing “John Doe 1” in the case said more suits will be filed against James Porter, a priest who worked in Bemidji and admitted to abusing more than 100 children...

Police Report The Bemidji Police Depart-ment responded to the following calls: Theft 6:05 p.m. Tuesday, 4300 block of Sherman Drive Northeast. Items were report-edly stolen from a vehicle. 3:48 p.m. Tuesday, 1800 block of 30th Street North-west. A laptop was stolen...

Police Report The Bemidji Police Department responded to the following calls: Theft 1:17 p.m. Monday, 100 block of First Street West. A vehicle was damaged and items were taken. 11:26 a.m. Sunday, 400 block of Paul Bunyan Drive Southeast. Someone drove away without paying...

BEMIDJI — A couple lost a source of income and two others lost virtually all of their belongings Sunday after burglars allegedly torched a home on the north side of Big Lake. Beltrami County Sheriff Phil Hodapp said the renters of the home, at 6876 Maple Beach Court NE, were...

Police Report The Bemidji Police Department responded to the following calls: Property damage 10 p.m. Wednesday, 100 block of 19th Street Northeast. A foul ball at the Bemidji State University baseball game resulted in property damage. Drugs 6:04 p.m. Wednesday, 1000 block...