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> facial recognition showed she was the main suspect in what Fargo police called an organized bank fraud case.

> Her bank records showed she was more than 1,200 miles away, at home in Tennessee at the same time police claimed she was in Fargo committing fraud.

> Unable to pay her bills from jail, she lost her home, her car and even her dog

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The concept of pre-trial detention is nuts to me. In Ireland, sensibly, you can not set bail that is insurmountable to the defendant.

She wasn't allowed bail as a fugitive.

But she wasn't a fugitive. She was wrongly identified.

The Fargo DA should be fired, at a minimum.

The prosecutors and judges around here are incredibly lenient for the worst crimes and anything involving reckless driving.

https://www.inforum.com/news/north-dakota/no-jail-time-for-m...

https://www.kvrr.com/2025/11/03/no-jail-time-for-man-accused...

https://apnews.com/general-news-fff59b609215476a9251edb91923...

https://www.valleynewslive.com/2021/05/21/moorhead-man-sente...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Holmberg

https://www.valleynewslive.com/2025/11/18/former-clay-county...

I can almost guarantee that the Fargo DA’s office had zero idea this happened and had never heard about this investigation before the news story. At this stage in a “case” it’s completely on law enforcement and there is no involvement by a DA’s office for the arrest warrant or the extradition order and warrant that led to this situation.

Not a fan of DA’s offices in general (they are the “evil twin” to my particular line of work after all), but realistically this one isn’t on them.

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