FERGUS FALLS, MN (KFGO) - A Moorhead man remains in jail in Fergus Falls after his first court appearance on a charge of attempted assault on an Otter Tail County deputy.
Stephen Hietala, 27, is accused of trying to spit on the deputy while he was being transported from the Clay County jail to Otter Tail County.
Hietala, formerly of Perham, also faces charges related to a traffic stop in Dilworth. He's charged with struggling with an officer who tased him. He was eventually found by a Moorhead police dog several blocks away.
A Dilworth officer was also hit by the taser during the arrest.