Grand Forks Man Faces 12 Charges After Car Attacks
Grand Forks (trfnews.i234.me) — New court documents reveal more details about a Grand Forks man facing attempted murder charges.
Ian Schneeweis, 26, now faces 12 criminal charges following the September 23 incident.
Those charges include three counts of attempted murder and two counts of criminal vehicular injury.
He also faces reckless endangerment, terrorizing, criminal mischief and preventing arrest charges.
Additional misdemeanor charges include ingesting a controlled substance.
Pedestrians Describe Being Struck
Police were called around 5:38 p.m. to an apartment complex after an injury crash.
One man told investigators he was standing on a sidewalk outside his apartment.
He reportedly saw a gray sedan enter the parking lot at a high rate of speed.
The vehicle left before returning moments later, according to the affidavit.
The man said the sedan then drove directly toward him.
He told investigators he later woke up inside an ambulance.
Court records describe a brain bleed, facial fracture, eye swelling and other injuries.
The man also suffered a facial cut that required stitches.
Woman Says Car Drove Toward Her
About a block away, a woman was walking her dog when she saw the same vehicle.
She said the car crossed a street, drove over a curb and traveled through grass.
The woman tried to run before the vehicle struck her, according to court documents.
She suffered a broken leg and significant bruising.
A second woman reportedly saw the first woman get struck.
She told investigators the vehicle then turned toward her.
The woman ran before the car struck a tree.
Affidavit Details Arrest
Court documents say a bystander held Schneeweis at gunpoint after the crash.
Schneeweis then ran through a nearby field, according to the affidavit.
Officers later caught him a few blocks from the scene.
The affidavit says he briefly resisted before being handcuffed.
Schneeweis was taken to a hospital before investigators interviewed him.
Drug Use and Statements Described
The affidavit says Schneeweis admitted using methamphetamine earlier that day.
He also told investigators he heard voices through a radio.
According to the affidavit, he said those voices instructed him to run people over.
He reportedly told investigators he struck people with his vehicle after hearing those instructions.
Those statements are allegations described in court records.
The documents also say the vehicle struck an apartment building entrance.
Fire officials later determined the entrance was structurally unsafe.
More case information may become available through the North Dakota Court System.
The charges are accusations.
Schneeweis is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.
I’m Adrian Cole reporting for TRF News.
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