×

North Dakota Man Charged With Threatening Official After Email Citing Minnesota Shootings

By Bill Dubensky Jun 18, 2025 | 5:23 AM

The Quentin Burdick federal courthouse in Fargo. (Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)

 

(North Dakota Monitor) – A North Dakota man was charged  with threatening at least one federal official in an email that references the Saturday shooting that killed one Minnesota lawmaker.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of North Dakota received a threatening email from St. Thomas resident Charles Dalzell, according to a complaint filed in federal court by Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Christopher Potts.

“I don’t want this situation to end up like Minnesota over the weekend,” Dalzell wrote, the complaint says.

Vance Boelter faces federal murder charges for the shooting death of Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, on Saturday. He also is accused of shooting state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, who survived.

The complaint against Dalzell does not identify by name any of the individuals Dalzell allegedly threatened and criticized.

Dalzell, born in 1979, has been charged with making interstate threats to injure another person and threatening to assault, kidnap or murder a United States Official.

The complaint against Dalzell does not identify by name any of the individuals Dalzell allegedly threatened and criticized.

Dalzell, born in 1979, has been charged with making interstate threats to injure another person and threatening to assault, kidnap or murder a United States Official.

Valley Senior Living on Columbia in Grand Forks Among The Best in North Dakota
(File image) (KNOX) - Valley Senior Living on Columbia has been recognized as a Best Nursing Home for 2026 by U.S. News & World Report. This ranking places Valley on Columbia as one of five nursing homes in North Dakota to receive this designatio...
14h ago
UND Partners With Space And Defense Supplier Voyager Technologies
North Dakota U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer holds up an agreement between Voyager Technologies and UND, along with Matt Kuta, president and co-founder of Voyager (left), and UND President Andy Armacost. Contributed photo via UND Today. (By Joe Banish. UND To...
14h ago
Grand Forks Business Leaves with Unpaid Debt to City
(KNOX) - A Grand Forks tech company that owes the city thousands of dollars in unpaid rent and loans is leaving. Thread, previously known as Airtonomy, is leaving the HIVE business incubator after roughly five years. Thrive owes at least $4000 in unp...
Dec 11, 2025
Armstrong Voices Support For Revised 'Waters of the U.S.' Definition
(Photo provided by the North Dakota Governor's Office) (KNOX) - Gov. Kelly Armstrong shared his support for the revised definition of Waters of the United States (WOTUS) proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army Corps of Eng...
14h ago
See More

FOLLOW US FOR INSTANT UPDATES!