Dilworth men arrested for random assault
September 8, 2008
Authorities responded to several random assaults over the weekend including one that had authorities arresting two Dilworth men. Police responding to a report of a random assault around 9:30 pm Saturday night found a 24 year old man unconscious at Hollywood Video in south Moorhead. Police were able to get a vehicle description from witnesses and later located the vehicle in the 1200 block of 20th Street South in Moorhead.
Police arrested 27 year old Jamie Alfonso Gerdes and 26 year old Timoth John Grafft in relation to the assult. Gerdes was also charged on suspicion of criminal damage to property for kicking a police car window.
Reports indicate that one of the two men arrested provoked the victim. The victim did not know either of the two suspects prior to the incident. The victim was treated and released from the hospital in Fargo.
Both Gerdes and Grafft have prior criminal convictions in the state of Minnesota for assault and burglary respectively, and both have drug-related convictions.
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