{"id":10718,"date":"2026-01-16T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=10718"},"modified":"2026-01-16T06:27:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T12:27:18","slug":"fargo-hotel-threats-lead-to-felony-terrorizing-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/fargo-hotel-threats-lead-to-felony-terrorizing-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"Fargo: Hotel Threats Lead to Felony Terrorizing Charge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fargo (trfnews.i234.me)<\/a> \u2014 Spencer E. Gross of Fargo has been charged with felony terrorizing.<\/p>\n

The charge is based on a Fargo hotel call on Jan. 12, court records say.<\/p>\n

What the police say happened<\/h2>\n

Police were called to a hotel for a disturbance, according to the complaint.<\/p>\n

The complaint says a woman at the hotel had a taser.<\/p>\n

She told police she carried it because she feared Gross would attack her.<\/p>\n

Messages described in court records<\/h2>\n

The woman showed police text messages, the complaint says.<\/p>\n

She said Gross wrote he would come to the hotel and kill her.<\/p>\n

The complaint states that the messages were sent shortly before the police arrived.<\/p>\n

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Spencer E. Gross<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Second threat allegation<\/h2>\n

Records also describe a separate threat message, prosecutors say.<\/p>\n

The message was intended for one of Gross\u2019s supervisors, the complaint states.<\/p>\n

The records say the message included a death threat.<\/p>\n

The records say the message included slurs tied to sexuality.<\/p>\n

Gross told police he \u201chates lesbians,\u201d the complaint says.<\/p>\n

Gross was arrested after the hotel call, the documents say.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors later filed the felony terrorizing charge.<\/p>\n

What the charge means<\/h2>\n

Under North Dakota law<\/a>, terrorizing can be charged as a Class C felony.<\/p>\n

The law covers threats meant to cause fear for someone\u2019s safety.<\/p>\n

Gross is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n

How to track the case<\/h2>\n

You can search many criminal cases on the North Dakota Courts Records Inquiry<\/a> site.<\/p>\n

The Fargo Police Department<\/a> also shares public safety information online.<\/p>\n

Case details can change as new filings are added.<\/p>\n

Court records may list future hearings and filings.<\/p>\n

Help is available<\/h2>\n

If you are in danger, call 911 right away.<\/p>\n

In Fargo, the Rape and Abuse Crisis Center<\/a> has a 24-hour line at 800-344-7273.<\/p>\n

You can also reach the National Domestic Violence Hotline<\/a> at 800-799-7233.<\/p>\n

The state also lists resources through North Dakota Health and Human Services<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’m Chris Harper reporting for TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fargo (trfnews.i234.me) \u2014 Spencer E. Gross of Fargo has been charged with felony terrorizing. The charge is based on a Fargo hotel call on Jan. 12, court records say. What the police say happened Police were called to a hotel for a disturbance, according to the complaint. The complaint says a woman at the hotel… Continue reading Fargo: Hotel Threats Lead to Felony Terrorizing Charge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wpscp_schedule_draft_date":"","_wpscp_schedule_republish_date":"","_wpscppro_advance_schedule":false,"_wpscppro_advance_schedule_date":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":null,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"default","_twitter_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type":"default","_pinterest_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"default","_medium_share_type":"default","_threads_share_type":"default","_google_business_share_type":"default","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[12],"tags":[1105,848,772,9480,9481,769,9479,2932,2450,961,2924,858,7094,4458,2927,7731,9478,1272,1228,977],"class_list":["post-10718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-cass-county-district-court","tag-charge","tag-crime","tag-death-threat-message","tag-domestic-violence-resources","tag-fargo","tag-fargo-hotel-disturbance","tag-fargo-nd","tag-fargo-police-department","tag-felony","tag-felony-terrorizing","tag-hotel","tag-lead","tag-nd-century-code-12-1-17-04","tag-north-dakota-court-documents","tag-north-dakota-courts-records-inquiry","tag-spencer-e-gross","tag-terrorizing","tag-terrorizing-charge","tag-threats","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10718"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10721,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10718\/revisions\/10721"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}