NEKOMA, N.D. (KFGO) – A van stolen from a Fargo dealership in an early Monday morning burglary has been recovered in northeastern North Dakota.
42-year-old Jason Duerr of Devils Lake was arrested near Nekoma. He’s in the Pembina County Jail on charges related to the theft of the 2023 Ram cargo van from Fisher Sales & Leasing.
Cavalier County Chief Deputy Matt Wright says Duerr was arrested after a bartender in Nekoma reported a suspicious person ordered a beer, but didn’t have money to pay for it. He was arrested as he was walking to where he’d left the stolen van.
Wright says Duerr told a deputy that he had used drugs. He says three deputies had to use force to place him into a squad car. Duerr was also combative when he was taken to jail and may face a terrorizing charge in Pembina County.
At one point, Wright says Duerr told the bartender that he had stolen a van in Fargo and was surprised that he didn’t recognize him from the news.
