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• Tennessee Grandmother Jailed Five Months After Flawless Alibi Shatters Flawed North Dakota AI Identification

  Published: Mar 30, 2026

  Section: Crime

  Angela Lipps, a 50 year old resident of Tennessee, was detained for 108 days following a mistaken identity alert triggered by facial recognition software in North Dakota. Despite b...

• Cass County Sheriff asserts Fargo Police missed early alerts regarding wrongful arrest of Tennessee grandmother

  Published: Mar 26, 2026

  Section: US & Canada

  Newly revealed emails suggest Fargo detectives were notified of Angela Lipps’ arrest in July 2026, contradicting department claims of discovering the mistake in December. Lipps, a...

• Fargo Police Chief Faces Scrutiny Over "Untenable" Defense of AI-Based Arrest of Tennessee Grandmother

  Published: Mar 21, 2026

  Section: Crime

  Fargo Police Chief David Zibolski is under fire for his department’s role in the monthslong incarceration of Angela Lipps, a Tennessee woman wrongly accused of bank fraud based on...

• Fargo City Council Debates Recruitment Strategy for Next Police Chief Following Zibolski Retirement Announcement

  Published: Mar 17, 2026

  Section: Politics

  Fargo municipal leaders are weighing two distinct paths for selecting a new top law enforcement official after Chief Dave Zibolski confirmed his departure for late March. While cit...

• Tennessee Grandmother Wrongfully Imprisoned For Six Months Following Fargo Police Facial Recognition Error In Bank Fraud Case

  Published: Mar 12, 2026

  Section: Crime

  Angela Lipps, a 50,year,old grandmother from Tennessee, was exonerated and released after spending nearly half a year in jail for a North Dakota bank fraud case she did not commit....