On Monday, November 4 at approximately 1:54 p.m. Street Crimes detectives of the Grand Forks Police Department observed a male individual seated in the driver’s seat of a vehicle in the Valley Dairy parking lot at 1220 University Ave. This male was known to detectives to have an outstanding warrant for his arrest. Detectives approached the male, identified themselves, and attempted to take him into custody. The male, identified as 29 year old Grand Forks resident Lonnie FALCON JR., refused to comply with the detective’s commands and fled the area driving the vehicle he was seated in. FALCON JR stopped the vehicle approximately one block later and attempted to flee from detectives on foot. A short foot chase ended with FALCON JR being taken into custody near the 300-block of N. 12th Street.
The vehicle FALCON JR had been driving had previously been reported stolen from a location in the City of Grand Forks. A female in the vehicle, 20-year-old Grand Forks resident Sheyenne VONDAL, was also taken into custody. A second male had been in the vehicle and fled from the vehicle on foot once it had stopped. This second male, described as a late 20’s or early 30’s year old thin black male wearing black pants and a black shirt, has not been located as of the time of this release. FALCON JR and VONDAL have preliminarily been charged with the following offenses:
Lonnie FALCON JR: Sheyenne VONDAL
Possession of Stolen Property Possession of Methamphetamine
Fleeing in a Motor Vehicle Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
Refusal to Halt
Resisting Arrest
Possession of Methamphetamine
