FARGO, N.D. — A newly unsealed federal criminal complaint accuses a North Dakota man of making threats of violence against a federal official in the wake of deadly political violence in Minnesota.

Charles Dalzell. (Courtesy of Grand Forks County Corrections / Forum News Service)

Charles Dalzell, 46, of St. Thomas, N.D., was arrested Monday after FBI agents reviewed an email Dalzell appeared to have sent last Sunday night to “J.P.” of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of North Dakota. In the email, Dalzell referenced the the previous day’s assassination of former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman.

While the complaint does not identify the recipient of Dalzell’s emails beyond the initials, “J.P.” are the initials of Acting U.S. Attorney for North Dakota Jennifer Puhl.

“Now I’m going to be honest with you I don’t want this situation to end up like Minnesota over the weekend, do you,” Dalzell’s email read, according to the complaint. “I’m trying to get all of you to actually follow the law, not ignore me, not lie to me … that is what you all have done and this makes me wonder if these bad situations are really what you want or do you hope that I flip out and end up dead by a police officer?”

Dalzell allegedly claimed in the email that he was owed money from a court victory and police were trying to silence him so public officials could engage in corruption. He also claimed federal elected officials were ignoring his pleas for help.

“This had god dam better get fixed Monday morning which is tomorrow because I want to avoid anymore problems and don’t want North Dakota to end up like Minnesota … I’ll be honest I’m extremely pissed off and before you people push me into one of those situations with no way out except death or prison the law and the rules and the constitution better get followed,” Dalzell’s email read, according to the complaint.

According to investigators, in a February 2024 email to the U.S. Attorney’s Office describing a legal challenge he was facing over some property, Dalzell said, “I’m on the very very edge of flipping the f— out.”

“There’s a word that starts with a V and ends with a T and kinda sounds like violin and that is where this is heading if I don’t get some help,” that email said. The 2024 email, the complaint noted, was signed “Chuck Miller,” but when FBI agents interviewed Dalzell about the email, he acknowledged he sent it and said, “what goes around comes around.”

Dalzell also told agents, who warned him the 2024 email was borderline threatening, that “if he wanted to go shoot up a place he would not advertise it.”

Sunday’s email from Dalzell to “J.P.” also mentions multiple public officials and a judge by name, and that their “provoking” him was “not going to be tolerated,” the complaint said.

According to the FBI’s affidavit to the court, Dalzell sent another email to “J.P.” around noon Monday, saying it was “shocking” that North Dakota elected officials “ignore your job like it doesn’t matter,” allowing a “corrupt” judge and “(expletive deleted) governor” to violate his rights. The governor was not identified.

The affidavit said there is probable cause to believe Dalzell violated federal laws against transmitting interstate threats to injure others, and threatened to “assault, kidnap, or murder a United States Official.”

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MILWAUKEE – River Falls’ one-player advantage turned out to be no edge at all.

Top-seeded Pewaukee snapped a 1-all tie with a pair of short-handed goals in the final 10 minutes for a 3-1 victory over the Wildcats on Friday in the Division 2 semifinals of the Wisconsin girls state high school soccer tournament.

River Falls, the No .4 seed, led 1-0 at the half on a goal by Olivia Doerre, who rebounded her own penalty kick and punched it in lower right for her 20th goal of the season.

Pewaukee drew even just 27 seconds into the second half on an unassisted goal by Hannah Sorkness.

The Pirates, whose eight losses were the misleading result of a rugged non-conference schedule, dominated much of the second half and missed several scoring opportunities.

“I think the momentum definitely shifted to them,” Doerre said. “But, I’m a competitor. I really thought we could have come back. A couple times I think we could have taken it, but they just came out on top. They’re a really good team.”

With just under 12 minutes remaining, Pewaukee’s Alex Burkemper was sent off with a red card, seeming to provide the Wildcats with an opportunity to notch their first state tournament victory.

“You look at the first two or three minutes, and we had a couple chances,” River Falls coach Charles Conley said. “I thought, OK, this may play in our favor and it’s just going to wear them out more. I really did think we’d get to overtime at that point.”

But at 71:57 on the clock, Pewaukee’s Ella Opie lofted a free kick from 30 yards out just over the outstretched arms of goalie Neva Espanet and under the crossbar to put the Pirates up 2-1.

Four minutes later, Pewaukee’s Elli Bennett gathered in a centering pass from the right side and found the back of the net to make it 3-1.

“Give a lot of credit to Pewaukee,” Conley said. “I think they were a better team. We played hard for 75 minutes, or whatever it was, but when they lost a player … it kind of lit a fire under them and gave them the extra spark that they needed.”

Pewaukee, ranked fifth in Division 2 in the final state coaches poll, outshot the Wildcats 17-6, including 12-4 in the second half. River Falls missed several early opportunities, including a 4-1 edge in corner kicks in the first half.

Pewaukee coach Sean Sullivan said being down a player actually seemed to benefit his team.

“She’s one of our best players. She holds down the middle of our field. It was a huge loss,” Sullivan said. “We just had to be focused. We changed the formation a little bit to get a little more defensive-minded, but that opened our wings … and with one less player, that actually made it a little easier.”

River Falls (13-7-2), the third-place finisher in the Big River Conference and ranked No. 7 in Division 2, dropped to 0-4 in four state tournament appearances.

“I think they outplayed us in many facets, but we hung on as long as we could,” Conley said. “But I think it was just a matter of time before they got that second one.”

The Wildcats lost in the Division 2 semifinals last season, 3-0, to eventual champion Oregon. River Falls also lost their opener in Division 2 in 2018 and Division 1 in 2011.

Pewaukee (13-8) advanced to Saturday’s title game against the winner of Brookfield Central and Sauk Prairie.

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The Twins entered this weekend’s series against National League border rival Milwaukee with some torrid hitters. Over the previous 18 games, Byron Buxton, Willi Castro and Brooks Lee were all hitting better than .330 with a combined 12 home runs and 32 RBIs.

Lee entered Friday night’s 7:10 p.m. first pitch at Target Field with an 18-game hitting streak, his best since making his major league debut last season — and the team’s longest since Brian Dozier hit safely in 24 straight games over the end of the 2022 season and the beginning of the 2023 season.

“He’s got a better idea of what he’s trying to accomplish at the plate as a hitter, and that is getting better over time,” manager Rocco Baldelli said.

Since May 28, Lee is hitting .338 with three home runs, 11 RBIs and an OPS of .872. He has more than one hit in five of those games and has raised his average from .230 to .267.

“He doesn’t just want to be a swing-first player, when you go up to the plate you’re gonna swing, and you’re gonna swing again the next pitch and bank on bat-to-ball ability to get the job done,” Baldelli said. “You can only be so good of a hitter if you’re going to swing at a lot of different pitches, and swing outside the zone.

“I think he’s just getting more selective, which is putting him in a much better spot.”

Over Buxton’s previous 18 games, he hit .333 with six homers, 19 RBIs and 11 walks. Castro is hitting .356 with three home runs, 10 RBIs and a 1.470 OPS. It’s not doing the Twins a ton of good in the standings, however.

The Twins, once second in the American League Central, 4.5 games behind Detroit, started the weekend in third place, 10 games out, after 10 losses in their past 16 games. Since starting that stretch with three straight wins over the A’s in Sacramento, they have gone 3-10 while being outscored 84-61.

Since Pablo Lopez went to the 15-day injured list June 5 with a teres major strain in his shoulder — he has since been transferred to the 60-day IL — the Twins are on Plan B in two of their rotation spots. Second-year right-hander Zebby Matthews was called up May 18 after Simeon Woods Richardson was demoted, but his move to the IL (shoulder) on June 5 has the Twins using Woods Richardson and David Festa, who also made his MLB debut last season, for the second and third games of this series.

Matthews was 1-1 with a 5.21 earned-run average in four starts (19 innings) with eight walks and 25 strikeouts. Since his return, Woods Richardson has allowed seven runs, six earned, in two starts, allowing nine hits and walking four in 9 2/3 innings. In three June starts, Festa is 1-1 after allowing 12 earned runs in 13 1/3 innings (6.66 ERA) on 11 hits and seven walks. He has fanned 14.

Injuries updates

Third baseman Royce Lewis, on the 10-day injured list since June 14 with a left hamstring strain, began a running program before Friday night’s game.

Matthews played catch Friday for the first time in his rehabilitation routine.

Designated hitter Trevor Larnach was scratched from Friday’s game and replaced with Ryan Jeffers because of a contusion on his right hand where he was hit by a pitch in Thursday afternoon’s victory at Cincinnati.

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The holiday season is six months away, but the nonprofit Coated in Love is already preparing for “3000 Acts of Kindness,” an annual event in December at the Minneapolis Convention Center where people experiencing homelessness can receive food, clothing and access to social services.

On Friday at Dual Citizen Brewing Company in St. Paul, volunteers from 100 Year Manifesto worked together to make 100 blankets in two hours for “3000 Acts of Kindness.” Danielle Igbanugo, founder of Coated in Love, said about 25 people attended the event.

“You can bring your kids, bring your friends and just do good for somebody that you might not ever meet,” Mick White, founder of 100 Year Manifesto, said.

Coated in Love is expecting 4,000 guests to attend this year’s “3000 Acts of Kindness.” Their goal is to have 4,000 of each provided item, including coats, mittens and backpacks. Services such as haircuts, Chick-fil-A meals and mental health resources will also be available.

Igbanugo said one of her biggest joys is seeing former guests who have experienced homelessness return to the “3000 Acts of Kindness” event as volunteers.

“It makes me want to cry because I just love that they give back,” Igbanugo said. “They come back and understand that there are people who are in the same situation.”

The organizations are planning on having another blanket-making event in July. Igbanugo said the event information will be posted on Coated in Love’s website at Coatedinlove.org.

People can get involved by donating money or signing up on the Coated in Love website to sort donations or volunteer at the event in December.

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