West Fargo Police Arrest Moorhead Man After Vehicle Pursuit

Appeals court upholds Moorhead man's kidnapping conviction, overturns witness tampering verdict

FARGO — A federal appeals court has vacated the conviction of a Moorhead man on an attempted witness tampering charge but affirmed a jury's verdict against him for kidnapping. Sharmake Mohamed Abdullahi was found guilty by a federal jury in 2022, just over a year after he was accused of approaching a woman sitting in her car near South University Drive in Fargo on Oct. 19, 2021. There, he displayed a gun and demanded the woman drive him to a Moo…

Man accused of fleeing police while drunk arrested by West Fargo Police

WEST FARGO, N.D. – A Moorhead man is accused of being drunk behind the wheel while leading West Fargo Police on a chase on Saturday. The department said officers tried to stop a vehicle on the 50o block of 32nd Avenue East around 1:00 AM. Spike strips were used near 32nd Avenue East and Sheyenne Street where the driver kept going until officers used a PIT maneuver near the Sheyenne River diversion. Thirty-year-old Alan Walker faces DUI, DUI refu…

West Fargo police arrest Moorhead man after vehicle pursuit

WEST FARGO — The West Fargo Police Department has arrested a man after he allegedly fled from police after a traffic stop. Police say the incident happened at around 1 a.m. on Saturday, July 19, where West Fargo police began to perform a traffic stop near the 500 block of 32nd Avenue East, after receiving reports of an intoxicated driver. According to police, the driver of the vehicle fled the scene and police began a pursuit of the vehicle. The…

Traffic stop on I-16 in Georgia turns into a vehicle pursuit

JEFFERSONVILLE - The GBI is investigating an officer shooting that occurred on I-16 after a traffic stop turned into a vehicle pursuit. The post Traffic stop on I-16 in Georgia turns into a vehicle pursuit appeared first on Valdosta Today.

Drunk driver arrested after fleeing initial traffic stop - Riverside-Brookfield Landmark

Brookfield police arrested a 65-year-old Joliet man July 7 for allegedly driving drunk. Around 7:30 p.m., an officer was heading west on Ogden Avenue on patrol when they saw a westbound gold Toyota stopped in the right lane on the 9100 block. According to police, the car stayed stationary for about 15 seconds, impeding traffic, before heading west and swerving into the left lane, where it nearly struck another vehicle. The officer watched the ca…