Lail bound over to trail after six-hour hearing

Reprinted with permission

 The criminal case of Alex Lail, formerly of Fessenden and New Rockford, will be heard by a jury – but not in Wells County.

 At a preliminary hearing Wednesday, Dec. 18, Southeast Judicial District Judge Daniel Narum bound the charges over to trial after determining the state had met the burden of probable cause. Concerned that media coverage could potentially in...