Moorhead woman sentenced for throwing used tampon at Becker County jailer

DETROIT LAKES — Alanna Marie Sturdevant, 19, of Moorhead, has been sentenced for felony fourth-degree assault on a peace officer, transferring or throwing bodily fluids. A misdemeanor charge of liquor consumption by a person under 21 was dismissed as part of a guilty plea.

According to court records, on April 10, a White Earth police officer received a report of people fighting at a residence in Waubun. Upon arrival, he saw a male lying down in the ditch and a female, later identified as Sturdevant, sitting on the shoulder of the road. The male got up and ran, and Sturdevant approached the patrol vehicle.

While speaking with the officer, Sturdevant’s speech was slurred and the officer could smell alcohol. She became argumentative but provided a preliminary breath test sample of .22 % blood alcohol concentration.

She was arrested and brought to the Becker County Jail. As a jailer was changing her out, Sturdevant threw a bloody tampon at the jailer, hitting her.

On March 24, Sturdevant was sentenced to 15 days in the Becker County Jail, with credit for two days served. She must report to the jail on or before April 11 by 7 p.m. Sentence to Service and Huber Work Release were authorized. Sturdevant was placed on four years of supervised probation, with successful completion resulting in a misdemeanor conviction.

Sturdevant must not possess or use any firearms, ammunition, explosives, drugs, alcohol or mood-altering chemicals, with the exception of prescribed medication. She was fined $500 plus $160 in court fees.

Jessica Desiree Mosgaller, 41, of Verona, Wisconsin, (formerly of Lake Park) has been sentenced in Becker County District Court for gross misdemeanor theft, find and appropriate lost property. A felony financial transaction card fraud charge was dismissed as part of a guilty plea.

According to court records, on Sept. 5, 2023, a woman reported that her husband had lost his debit card at Jimmy John's in Detroit Lakes in early September.

A few days later, she checked her bank statement and noticed seven unknown charges totaling $1,195.71. Three of the charges, totaling $353.46, occurred in Becker County at the following locations: DL Tobacco, BP Detroit Lakes, and Masterpiece Alternative.

An officer contacted the businesses to inquire about recent purchases using the card and any possible surveillance footage they may have. Masterpiece Alternative located a transaction made on Sept. 3, 2023, at 1:01 pm that matched the card number and purchase value.

The purchaser had signed up for a rewards program under the name Jessica Mosgaller and she was later identified in CCTV footage.

Mosgaller confirmed her identity in the photos and stated that she had used the card to purchase items at Masterpiece Alternative as well as several other stores. She said that her husband had found the card in Jimmy John's on the floor and had given it to her, saying that it was his.

An officer then spoke with Mosgaller’s husband, Kenton Demond Roy, who stated that he had no knowledge of the card Mosgaller claimed he had given her.

Mosgaller was sentenced to 364 days in the Becker County Jail, stayed for two years, and must complete 40 hours of community service in lieu of confinement. She was placed on probation for two years and must remain law-abiding and pay $1,195.71 in restitution. She was also fined $300 plus $150 in court fees.

Neka Joy Sargent, 32, of Moorhead, has been sentenced in Becker County District Court for gross misdemeanor fifth-degree drug possession.

Sargent was given a stay of adjudication for the fifth-degree drug charge, with successful completion of probation to result in a dismissal. A misdemeanor charge of giving a false name to a peace officer was dismissed. Sargent was originally charged with felony fifth-degree drug possession.

According to the court records, on March 1, a White Earth police officer was on patrol in the village of White Earth when a vehicle drove past him, dragging an item that was causing sparks.

The officer stopped the vehicle and spoke to the driver and observed two women in the car, one in the front passenger seat and one in the back; both were not wearing their seatbelts. The front-seat passenger, Sargent, gave the officer a name that was later determined to be wrong.

The officer asked the driver if they had been drinking that day, to which they denied. The officer then asked if the driver had used any drugs, and the driver held up a mostly burnt marijuana joint. The officer noticed the male driver was clenching his jaw and that his fingers were continually moving.

Both the driver and back seat passenger told the officer that they believed they had active warrants for their arrest, at which point all three occupants were made to step out of the vehicle.

Dispatch confirmed that there was an active warrant for the back seat passenger. The officer asked the back seat passenger to remove the contents of her pockets, finding an empty hypodermic needle with a rubber band around the orange cap, several Gabapentin pills that the back seat passenger stated she had a prescription for, and four Suboxone films that she stated she had a prescription for.

The driver then emptied his pockets, which contained nothing of interest to the officer. The driver told the officer that he uses methamphetamine by injecting it and that the last time he had done so was that morning.

The officer then ran the name Sargent had given to check for warrants, at which point it was determined that she had given the officer the wrong name. The officer asked for her name again, to which she told the officer her actual name, stated she had warrants and emptied the contents of her pockets onto the squad car. One of those items was a plastic baggie with a crystal substance, and when asked, Sargent stated it was meth.

Upon searching the vehicle, the officer found two loaded hypodermic needles in the back passenger side door pocket where the back seat passenger had been sitting. The needles had the same rubber bands around the orange cap, similar to the one found in the back seat passenger’s pocket earlier in the stop. The officer read the back seat passenger her Miranda rights and asked her about the needles in the back seat. She admitted that they were both hers and that one contained methamphetamine and the other contained water.

The back seat passenger, Sargent and the driver were transported to jail. The driver was charged with misdemeanor driving after revocation and two fourth-degree DWI misdemeanors.

The plastic baggy with the crystal substance that was found in Sargent’s pocket field tested positive for methamphetamine, weighing .38 grams with packaging. The two hypodermic needles that were found in the backseat near where the back seat passenger was sitting both field-tested positive for methamphetamine and weighed .21 grams with packaging.

Sargent was placed on probation for two years and cannot possess or use any firearms, ammunition, explosives, drugs, alcohol or other mood-altering chemicals with the exception of prescribed medication. She must complete a comprehensive assessment and follow all recommendations, including after care. Sargent was fined $500 plus $75 in court fees.