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Yahoo
21-05-2025
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UPDATED: Police investigating unattended death in downtown Jamestown
May 20—JAMESTOWN — The Jamestown Police Department is investigating an unattended death in downtown Jamestown, according to Maj. Justin Blinsky, assistant chief of police. The Jamestown Police Department responded to a report of a man who appeared to be deceased laying at the bottom of a stairwell shortly after 9 a.m. Tuesday, May 20, at an entrance of an apartment building in the 200 block of First Avenue South. Upon arrival, Blinsky said the Jamestown Police Department determined that the man had been deceased for several hours. He said the man's death did not appear to be suspicious. Blinsky said the man did not have any form of identification on him. The Jamestown Police Department identified the man later on Tuesday and made contact with family, according to its Facebook page. The Jamestown Police Department won't be releasing the man's name or any additional information, its Facebook post says. The man was described as a Caucasian or Native American, 25 to 40 years old, about 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighing between 165 to 185 pounds. The man has a scruffy black beard with a full goatee and black hair and has several distinguishable tattoos on his left arm, left abdomen, left chest and left shoulder. He was wearing multi-colored Converse All-Star shoes. If anyone has any other information on the incident, contact the Stutsman County Communications Center at 252-1000 and ask to speak with Sgt. Jason Prochnow with the Jamestown Police Department.
Yahoo
09-02-2025
- Yahoo
Driver escapes injury after vehicle goes into river on Friday evening in Jamestown
Feb. 8—JAMESTOWN — A 52-year-old Jamestown man escaped injury after the vehicle he was driving went into the James River near the North Dakota State Hospital, according to Maj. Justin Blinsky, assistant chief of police of the Jamestown Police Department. Blinsky said at about 8 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 8, a passerby saw a vehicle in the water near 1800 block 12th Avenue Southeast and contacted authorities. The vehicle was a 2004 GMC Yukon. "It's very difficult to see unless you're actually looking there and so I'm guessing that that's why it didn't get called in right away," he said. Police arrived at the location and the Jamestown Fire Department was contacted, Blinsky said. "Initially we were unable to determine if there was anybody inside the vehicle and so we requested their assistance, as they would have the equipment to go out on the water safely ...," he said. The driver was not at the scene. Police were able to locate the registered owner of the vehicle, and speak to him, Blinsky said, and the firefighters did not have to enter the water. "He (the vehicle owner) stated that at approximately 9:15 last night (Friday), he was northbound in the 1800 block of 12th Avenue Southeast, lost control of the vehicle and hit the bridge abutment ...," Blinsky said. "He wasn't sure if it rolled into the ravine or not but based on the damage I think it's pretty clear that it did roll one time, ended upright in the water." The driver left and tried to get the vehicle out without notifying law enforcement, Blinsky said. The vehicle sustained significant damage and a wrecker was used to remove it from the water. The driver, who was not identified, was cited for care required and failing to give immediate notice of an accident and arrested on suspicion of failing to stop and remain at the scene of an accident, Blinsky said. The investigation into the accident is continuing, Blinsky said.
