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On the Run - update May 28 2009 7:09PM
It's another On The Run success story...
Minutes after we aired a segment on Travis Toepke being wanted... The 33 year old was arrested...
The Morton County Sheriffs Department got several tips after the segment ran during the ten o'clock ne
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On The Run - Travis Toepke May 28 2009 12:58PM
Authorities are trying to track down Travis Toepke... He's wanted for raping a 17 year old girl.
The incident happened in June 2008.
Morton County Sheriff Dave Shipman says Toepke bought alcohol for two girls ages 17 and 18 and got them drunk.
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| State plans more Missouri River patrols May 11 2009 5:43AM
The state Game and Fish Department is
joining with sheriff's departments in Burleigh and Morton counties
to put more officers on the water.
The Missouri River patrol effort is getting another $200,000
from the state budget over the next two year
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| Bond set for man shot after standoff Mar 6 2009 4:55PM
Bond has been set at $100,000 cash for a man
shot in the shoulder during a standoff in Hebron.
George Fischer faces charges of assault on a peace officer and
terrorizing.
Authorities say the 52-year-old Fischer made threats and
assaulted a
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| Man shot after standoff out of hospital Mar 6 2009 9:34AM
Authorities say a man shot in the shoulder
during a standoff in Hebron has been moved from a hospital to jail.
George Fischer faces charges of assault on a peace officer and
terrorizing.
Authorities say the 52-year-old Fischer made threats
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Bismarck SWAT Shooting Mar 4 2009 7:45PM
Authorities say a 52-year-old Hebron man was shot by a law officer during an 8 1/2 hour stand off early this morning.
George Fischer is reported in good condition in a Bismarck hospital after being shot in the left shoulder.
Authorities say the shootin
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Hebron Standoff Mar 4 2009 7:17PM
A stand off in Hebron ends with an officer pulling the trigger....
The Morton County Sheriffs Department says a 52 year old Hebron man is in the hospital after being shot by a law officer.
And as Donnell Preskey reports it all started over a
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| Clash over unpaid water bill leads to ND standoff Mar 4 2009 5:37PM
Authorities say a [[kxtopic:north-dakota:t[North Dakota]:t]] man who
clashed with a city official over an unpaid water bill got into an
8 1/2-hour standoff with deputies that ended with a SWAT team member
shooting him in the shoulder.
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| Hebron standoff ends with man shot Mar 4 2009 2:43PM
A 52-year-old Hebron man is reported in good
condition in a Bismarck hospital after being shot in the left
shoulder by a law officer.
Authorities say the shooting of George Fischer began with a
dispute over a local water bill, and ended shortly
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Officer shoots Hebron man after standoff Mar 4 2009 2:35PM
A 52-year-old Hebron man is reported in good
condition in a Bismarck hospital after being shot in the left
shoulder by a law officer.
Authorities say the shooting of George Fischer began with a
dispute over a local water bill, and ended shortly bef
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| Janitor credited with stopping escape Oct 29 2008 5:36AM
Morton County officials say a courthouse
janitor stopped an inmate's escape attempt by hitting him with a
garbage can and pushing him into a corner.
Erik Bobbins now faces an escape charge along with his earlier
robbery charge.
Morton Coun
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Stolen Squad Car - Update Sep 29 2008 8:35PM
A 23 year old Cannonball woman has been charged with stealing a Morton County Sheriffs Vehicle.
Authorities say Cecilie Ramsey stole the squad car after a deputy arrested her Wednesday night for huffing.
While the officer was collecting ev
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Stolen Squad Car Sep 25 2008 7:04PM
There was a police chase last night in Morton County after one of their own squad cars...
A Morton County Sheriffs Deputy arrested a 23 year old woman for huffing last night.
He found her south of Mandan on the walking path that goes under High
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| Hebron woman charged with child neglect May 24 2008 8:45AM
A Hebron woman faces a felony child abuse
and neglect charge after law enforcement officers and social
workers say they found her home full of garbage, including
half-full beer cans within reach of her 2-year-old grandchild.
Morton County Sherif
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Bismarck Man Found Dead in Morton County Pasture Apr 18 2008 12:59PM
Authorities identify a man found dead in a Morton County pasture...
80-year-old Richard Biwer of Bismarck had been driving a wagon with a team of horses.
Sheriff Dave Shipman says it appears the horses got spooked by something and took off. He says
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| Authorities identify 80yearold Bismarck man found dead... Apr 18 2008 12:22PM
Authorities have identified an 80-year-old
man found dead in a Morton County pasture.
They say Richard Biwer of Bismarck was driving a hay wagon with
a team of horses yesterday afternoon.
Sheriff Dave Shipman says it appears the horses got
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| Authorities say 80yearold Bismarck man found dead Apr 18 2008 9:56AM
Authorities say an 80-year-old man who had
been driving a wagon with a team of horses was found dead in a
Morton County pasture.
Sheriff Dave Shipman says it appears the horses got spooked by
something and took off. He says the man apparently wa
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| Former Morton County sheriff found dead in back yard... Mar 17 2008 9:28AM
Authorities say an autopsy is scheduled in
the death of former Morton County sheriff Bob Erhardt, but they
don't suspect a crime.
The 61-year-old Erhardt was found dead in the back yard of his
Mandan home Friday night. Police say he apparently d
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On the Run 2-20 Feb 20 2008 7:17PM
This months On The Run criminal a man who has no respect for the law and keeps driving even though he has no license...
Donnell Preskey has the details.
(Donnell Preskey/ KX News) 31 year old Ben Gange has been arrested ten times for driving while h
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| Morton County authorities investigate stabbing Jan 25 2008 8:18AM
The Morton County sheriff's department says
it's investigating a report of a man being stabbed and robbed while
changing a tire.
Sheriff [[kxtopic:dave-shipman:t[Dave Shipman]:t]] says a 24-year-old man with a stab wound
was brought to an emerge
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| Morton County has new K9 officer Jan 6 2008 3:47PM
The newest deputy at the Morton County
sheriff's office has four legs and wears his badge around his
collar.
Jimmy is a two-and-a-half-year-old German shepherd who holds the
rank of "Deputy Sheriff K-9." He's trained to find lost articles,
prot
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On The Run 8-30 Aug 30 2007 7:09PM
A man given a break in his sentence breaks away from authorities...
Donnell Preskey has more on this months On The Run criminal...
21 year old Joseph Quickbear got a break his probabtion had been revoked and he was heading to jail.
Inste
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| Sex offender 'living' in state park apprehended Aug 24 2007 9:48AM
A sex offender who registered a state park
as his address and then left the campground faces a charge of
failing to register with authorities.
Morton County Sheriff Dave Shipman says 39-year-old Timothy
Carpenterlove registered an address of Spo
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| Man who escapes from transition center turns self in... Jun 29 2007 7:42AM
A man who walked away from the Bismarck
Transition Center has turned himself in to police.
Twenty-two-year-old Mark Conica went missing Monday from the
facility. It helps ease male prisoners back into the community, and
relieves overcrowded cond
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On The Run Jun 27 2007 7:00PM
Morton County Authorities are looking for a man they say can be violent and has a violent past.
Donnell Preskey has more in this months On The Run...
Morton County authorities have been looking for Robbiedel Roberson for a couple weeks.
He als
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Man Escapes From Transition Center Jun 26 2007 6:57PM
Authorities are looking for a man who escaped from the Bismarck Transitional Center.
22 year old Mark Conica took off from the Transitional center sometime between 2:30 a.m. and 3:30 a.m. Monday.
Morton county sheriff, Dave Shipman says Co
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| Morton County sells drug dog to former officer Apr 4 2007 9:45AM
Morton County is hoping to split the cost
of a drug-sniffing dog with Mandan police.
Morton County Sheriff Dave Shipman says officer Cody Steele
resigned to take a federal job and that left the department's
dog without a handler.
The coun
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| Man accused of shooting dog near children Mar 21 2007 9:54AM
A rural Mandan man is accused of shooting
a dog in an area where four children were playing.
Sixty-seven-year-old William Doll has been charged with reckless
endangerment, disorderly conduct and animal abuse. He posted
two-thousand dollars bail.
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Man Charged in New Salem Burglary Feb 23 2007 7:06PM
A Bismarck man with a lengthy criminal record of breaking into pharmacies is charged again.
Niko Vournas was arrested this week for burglarizing the New Salem Pharmacy.
He's been convicted of breaking into that pharmacy four other times.
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| Bismarck man charged with burglarizing pharmacy Feb 23 2007 11:21AM
A Bismarck man faces several felony
charges for allegedly burglarizing the New Salem Pharmacy for a
second time.
Bond for Niko Vournas has been set at five-thousand-dollars
cash.
Morton County Sheriff Dave Shipman says an alarm went off i
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Authorities investigate threatening note Feb 1 2007 12:57PM
The Morton County sheriff says his office is investigating a note found at the school in Hebron that threatened two students.
Sheriff Dave Shipman says two girls found the note earlier this month, and his office was notified Monday.
He says it a
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| Morton County officials checking note at Hebron school... Feb 1 2007 9:09AM
The Morton County sheriff says his office is
investigating a note found at the school in Hebron that threatened
two students.
Sheriff Dave Shipman says two girls found the note earlier this
month, and his office was notified Monday.
He say
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Changes in Burleigh & Morton counties Jan 2 2007 7:24PM
Two new sheriffs take office in our area.
Burleigh County Sheriff Pat Heinert and Morton County Sheriff Dave Shipman started their newly elected positions.
Both men have been in law enforcement for over twenty years.
Shipman comes from the
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| New county sheriffs say no major changes planned right away... Jan 2 2007 7:42AM
A number of [[kxtopic:north-dakota:t[North Dakota]:t]] counties have new
sheriffs today.
In Burleigh and Morton counties, the sheriffs-elect say they
want to learn more about their departments, and they're not in a
hurry to make major changes.
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Trial Starts for Joshua Coleman Nov 7 2006 7:39PM
Trial starts today for a Mandan father accused of shaking his infant son to death.
26 year old Joshua Coleman is on trial for manslaughter and child abuse.
Prosecutors say four month old Reese Coleman died February 16th of blunt force traum
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Sheriff Candidates Campaigning Nov 3 2006 7:24PM
On both sides of the Missouri River the race for Sheriff is a repeat.
The ballots in Burleigh and Morton County look like they did in 2002.
Donnell Preskey catches up with the candidates out campaigning...
(Donnell Preskey / KX News) The ra
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Second burglary stopped at pawn shop Oct 30 2006 11:12PM
Mandan Police officers catch a man seconds after he breaks into Jays Pawn Shop on the strip.
Detective Dave Shipman says 23 year old Efrain Romero had pryed a hole in the roof of the business and dropped down into the store.
Shipman says Ro
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Burglars caught in the act Oct 27 2006 11:36PM
Police arrest three people trying to break into Jays Pawn Shop in Mandan Thursday morning.
21 year old Neil Vuck Junior, 19 year old Jeremy Will and 23 year old Olivia Atencio have been charged with Burglary.
Mandan police detective Dave Shipm
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Endorsement for Challengers Oct 18 2006 7:22PM
An organization for local law enforcement officers unanimously support the challengers running in local Sheriff races.
The local Fraternal Order of Police organization endorses Pat Heinert for Burleigh County Sheriff and Dave Shipman for Morto
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| James River prisoner charged with terrorizing Oct 5 2006 10:51AM
A man is accused of writing threatening
letters to a Morton County prosecutor and a judge.
Twenty-eight-year-old Robert Lee Johnson is an inmate at the
James River Correctional Center in Jamestown. He's charged with two
counts of terrorizing.
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On The Run: Nicole Gardon Sep 27 2006 7:36PM
There's an interesting story behind this month's On The Run.
Authorities are looking for a woman who stole from her employer and hasn't been seen since.
Donnell Preskey tells you more...
(Donnell Preskey) It was a clever scheme and so far 3
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| Jesus statue, vehicles vandalized in Mandan Jun 12 2004 12:00AM
Mandan Police Detective Dave Shipman says authorities suspect three males threw the firebombs and set two vehicles on fire within blocks of the school yesterday morning.
Shipman says no one has been charged.
The Reverend Patrick
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