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Grand Forks police took time this week to honor officers and members of the public during an annual awards cer...

Pendleton trial: Apartment manager, responding officers take stand on first day of testimony The apartment manager, a Grand Forks patrol officer and a Grand Forks County Sheriffs deputy all described what they saw the day shooting broke out in a Grand Forks apartment, killing two people. Salamah Pendleton, the alleged shooter, will testify on a future date. 6:47 pm, Jul. 1, 2021 × Salamah Pendleton, right, confers with his attorney, Steven Mottinger, Thursday, July 1, 2...

Testimony begins in trial of man charged with killing Grand Forks police officer The apartment manager, a Grand Forks patrol officer and a Grand Forks County Sheriffs deputy all described what they saw the day shooting broke out in a Grand Forks apartment, killing two people. Salamah Pendleton, the alleged shooter, will testify on a future date. 7:24 pm, Jul. 1, 2021 × Salamah Pendleton, right, confers with his attorney, Steven Mottinger, Thursday, July 1, 2021 at the G...

(Grand Forks, ND)  --  The man charged in the death of a Grand Forks Police officer is set to undergo a mental health evaluation. A judge signed an order yesterday sending 42-year-old Salamah Pendleton to the state hospital for the evaluation.  Pendleton is set to go to trial at the end of June for the murder of Officer Cody Holte, the attempted murders of Officer Patrick Torok and Deputy Ron Nord, and the murder of his 61-year-old mother Lola Moore.  Prosecutors say Pendleton got into a gu...

42-year-old Salamah Pendleton is charged with two counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder. Written By: Matt Henson | × A judge has signed an order that will send 42-year-old Salamah Pendleton to the state hospital to undergo a mental health evaluation. The decision comes about two months before he is scheduled to go on trial for the murder of Grand Forks Police Officer Cody Holte, the attempted murders of Officer Patrick Torok and Deputy Ron Nord, and the murder o...

42-year-old Salamah Pendleton is charged with two counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder. Written By: Matt Henson | 7:45 pm, Apr. 20, 2021 GRAND FORKS — A judge has signed an order that will send 42-year-old Salamah Pendleton to the state hospital to undergo a mental health evaluation. The decision comes about two months before he is scheduled to go on trial for the murder of Grand Forks police officer Cody Holte, the attempted murders of Officer Patrick T...

Cody Holte, Patrick Torok receive first Purple Heart, Medals of Honor in Grand Forks Police history Grand Forks Police Officer Cody Holte and Cpl. Patrick Torok, who were involved in the shootout in which Holte was killed last May, each made GFPD history when they became the first recipients of the Purple Heart and Medals of Honor in the history of the department. 12:00 pm, Apr. 1, 2021 × Mark Nelson, Grand Forks chief of police, speaks to a crowd gathered at the GFPDs a...