thomas fairbanks

A judge has sentenced Thomas Fairbanks to life in prison without parole for the shooting death of Mahnomen County sheriff's Deputy Chris Dewey. A jury in Crookston convicted Fairbanks last week of first-degree murder.

Testimony begins in Polk County in the trial of a man accused of shooting a sheriff's deputy in 2009. Thirty-four-year-old Thomas Fairbanks is accused of first-degree murder in the death of Mahomen County Deputy Chris Dewey.

A man who pleaded guilty to his involvement in the shooting death of officer Christopher Dewey in Northern Minnesota has been arrested again in St. Cloud. Police arrested 29-year-old Daniel Vernier just before midnight on Monday in the 3400 block of 14th Street North.