Woman arrested at North Dakota governor’s residence tried to hand papers to vehicle

BISMARCK — A lady accused of inflicting a disturbance exterior the North Dakota governor’s residence tried at hand papers to a car because it went via the entrance gate, based on a felony grievance.

Dakota Alexandria Bee, 32, was charged Tuesday, Might 31, with misdemeanor stopping arrest and felony trespass for the Sunday incident.

Bee was beforehand requested to depart the world surrounding Gov. Doug Burgum’s house when she first walked by it at 9:46 p.m. on Might 29, based on a information launch from the North Dakota Freeway Patrol. She returned round 10:10 p.m. the identical day.

A felony grievance detailed her encounter with a car getting into the residence. She allegedly tried at hand papers and folders to the motive force of the car, tried to enter the residence and yelled “obscenities and threats of arrest towards the storage parking space,” the grievance stated.

Bee didn’t get previous the gates, the Freeway Patrol stated. A number of officers had been required to arrest Bee, the discharge stated.

The governor and first girl Kathryn Burgum had been house on the time of the incident, the Freeway Patrol stated. Bee didn’t work together with any residents of the governor’s residence.

It’s unclear why Bee was at Burgum’s house or why she tried at hand paperwork to the car. Courtroom data didn’t state the contents of these paperwork, nor did they state what particularly Bee allegedly yelled.

She has a felony historical past that features medicine, theft and felony trespass expenses. In her most up-to-date trespassing case, she took a canine from the Bismarck Animal Pound when it was closed for lunch on Feb. 17, 2021, based on court docket data.

Bee was watching the canine for somebody when it ran away whereas she was exterior smoking, based on the grievance. Bee advised an officer she tried to name the Bismarck Police Division to get the canine however nobody answered the cellphone, the grievance stated. She then went to the pound, referred to as the canine’s title, and it barked, the grievance stated.

She stated she was not conscious that it was unlawful to enter the pound and take the canine, the grievance stated.

She was given nearly a 12 months of probation for that incident.

Bee remained in custody on the Burleigh-Morton Dentetion Middle as of Tuesday night. Her lawyer, Justin Balzer, didn’t return a message left by The Discussion board on Tuesday afternoon.