The Fergus Falls Daily Journal

The Sabin man who allegedly cut a sheriff’s deputy with a knife following a car chase on Friday night has been charged in Otter Tail County court. Jacob Taylor Pierce, 24, was charged Monday with second degree assault, fourth degree assault of a peace office, third degree DWI and fleeing a peace officer in a [...]Houston

Fergus Falls police arrested a 17-year-old male after he took a swing at an officer early this morning. Police reported that several officers were in the area of 2nd Avenue North around 2 a.m. today. They were investigating a report of someone tampering with a car. A witness reported that the person who had tampered [...]

The Fergus Falls man who allegedly claimed to be a “soul collector” as he tried to kill former mayoral candidate Ivan “Skip” Mallas on Jan. 9 is expected to plead guilty today to a charge of first degree assault. Under a plea agreement filed on June 14, the attempted murder charge against Timothy Eugene Peterson, [...]

A Sabin man was arrested Friday night after a high speed chase that ended when he tried to stab a Otter Tail County sheriff’s deputy. Shortly before 11 p.m., a deputy attempted to make a traffic stop on Jacob Pierce, 24, for speeding on County Highway 9, near State Highway 34, the sheriff’s office reported. [...]

The two men allegedly involved in the Independence Day stabbing of another Fergus Falls man have been charged with second degree assault with a dangerous weapon. Brian Christopher Braton-Gilbuena, 33, and Cody Kenneth Sundvor, 23, both of Fergus Falls, were charged Wednesday. Sundvor is being held on $50,000 cash or bond, and Braton-Gilbuena is being [...]

Two Fergus Falls men were arrested Monday night for their alleged roles in the stabbing of another man on the 300 block of Alcott Avenue. Police reported that the 30-year-old stabbing victim, who lives in the area, was unhappy because he believed people were shooting fireworks at his house. Around 11:30 p.m., he confronted one [...]

A Fergus Falls man was arrested for domestic assault Friday after a verbal argument with another man escalated. The fight occurred at 613 West Lincoln Ave., according to police. Jacob Michael Hoefs, 19, and another had man gotten into an argument around 8:40 p.m., and Hoefs later allegedly told police he believed that the other [...]

Two brothers were charged Tuesday after they allegedly assaulted a Henning police officer over the weekend. Joshua Gene Ard, 30, of Perham, and Jeremiah Elwin Ard, 25, of Dent, were charged with fourth degree assault of a peace officer. The Ards are accused of violently resisting arrest for their part in a bar fight in [...]

The Henning man who allegedly threatened another man with a knife at the apartments on 407 West Fir Ave. was charged in court on Tuesday with second degree assault. Court records state that two men walked into the courtyard of the apartments on Saturday afternoon, where they men Branagen Jordan Theisen, 20. Theisen allegedly got [...]

A Lakeville man was charged in Otter Tail County District Court Monday after he allegedly punched a man hard enough to fracture his jaw. Samuel Lee Gilles, 25, was charged with third degree assault after Perham police responded to a report of a fight involving Gilles at a home on Second Avenue Southwest, just before [...]