Waubun man sentenced to 19 months for fatal car-UTV collision
A police officer found the driver trapped in the UTV, which had extensive damage to its left front area. He had “obvious apparent traumatic injuries,” and medical responders excavated him and transported him to a Fargo hospital, where he died the next day.
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A Waubun man has been sentenced to 19 months prison for a collision that caused the death of a man driving a UTV off-road vehicle.
Aaron Lee Pelham, 38, was sentenced in Becker County District Court for felony failing to stop after a collision that resulted in injury or death.
Of the 13 military veterans who agreed to participate in local Veterans Court since its inception, six failed out of the program and seven graduated, with none of the graduates reoffending.
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Court news: Rural Frazee man sentenced after his shots punctuate feud over neighbor s target practice
According to court records, on Nov. 28, 2019, the man fired several shots that alarmed a neighbor across Highway 87, saying he fired three shots into the air “to let (the neighbors) know he could shoot, too.”
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James Patrick Tuma, 71, of rural Frazee, has been sentenced in Becker County District Court on a misdemeanor charge of reckless discharge of a firearm.
A felony charge of endangering safety by discharging a firearm was dropped in a plea agreement.
According to court records, on Nov. 28, 2019, he fired several shots that alarmed a neighbor across Highway 87. Tuma said he fired three shots into the air “to let (the neighbors) know he could shoot, too.”