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Cruz was arrested in August 2020 on a warrant out of South Dakota. While attempting to apprehend Cruz, he shot and injured Grafton Police Officer Lucas Campoverde in the chest. Police returned fire, and Campoverde and Cruz were both hospitalized with gunfire injuries.
Cruz also pleaded guilty to conspiring with others to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, and to methamphetamine with intent to sell it at the time of the shooting.
Days before Cruz pleaded guilty, his co-defendant Gilbert Garcia was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison for his role in the drug conspiracy.
The case was investigated by the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation, the Grand Forks Narcotics Task Force, the Walsh County Sheriff s Office, the Walsh County State s Attorney Office, the Department of Homeland Security Investigations, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, according to a release from the U.S. Attor
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Man Convicted of Conspiracy to Import and Distribute Fentanyl Published: 10 July 2021 10 July 2021
Portland, Oregon - A federal jury convicted a Rhode Island man Friday for conspiring to import and distribute fentanyl and fentanyl analogues, continuing criminal enterprise, money laundering conspiracy, and multiple obstruction offenses.
According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Steven Barros Pinto, 40, of Pawtucket, conspired to import kilogram-quantities of fentanyl from China and use the fentanyl to manufacture counterfeit Percocet pills. Pinto personally distributed tens of thousands of the fentanyl-laced pills. Pinto acquired the fentanyl with the assistance of co-conspirators Daniel Vivas Ceron, of Colombia, who pleaded guilty in July 2019, and Anthony Gomes, of Rhode Island, who pleaded guilty in April 2018. Pinto also engaged in a series of obstructive acts intended to silence witnesses and tamper with evidence.
Grand Forks might push chickens to roost elsewhere
Grand Forks residents need a permit to keep chickens on their property, but complaints to City Council President Dana Sande have prompted city leaders to consider an outright ban. 9:17 pm, Jun. 28, 2021 ×
Chickens in Grand Forks may need to fly the coop this summer.
After a resident’s birds ran afoul of neighbors, City Council members preliminarily voted 4-3 on Monday to ban people from keeping chickens within city limits. The council is set to meet again next Tuesday for the first of two definitive votes on the ban. Voting against were council members Katie Dachtler, Bret Weber and Ken Vein. In favor were Danny Weigel, Jeannie Mock, Kyle Kvamme and City Council President Dana Sande, who said he’s heard complaints from constituents in his ward about neighboring chickens, which, Sande said, can rile up dogs and other domestic animals.