Mudgett charged with simple assault

After a domestic incident on Sunday, July 28, Duane Allen Mudgett Jr. of New Rockford has been charged with simple assault – domestic violence and minor in consumption.

Court documents allege that Mudgett and his girlfriend had been drinking that night, and that Mudgett physically assaulted her.

“That said offense was committed around the 400 block of 13th Street North in the City of New Rockford...