FARGO — The arrest of 20-year-old J’Veonte Logan took place in the middle of the afternoon on one of Fargo’s busiest streets.
Logan was arrested by Fargo police and the Metro Area Street Crimes Unit during a traffic stop on the 12th Avenue North railroad bridge just west of the North Daota State University campus.
Seventy-nine-year-old Kenneth Andersen is a professional photographer. Most of his work focuses on veterans and special projects he also works on in his wood shop.
Little did Andersen know the timing of his lunch break Wednesday, June 26, would make headlines.
“Well it’s the new Samsung S24 Ultra,” he said holding his new phone.
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Andersen just got the new cell phone a couple of days ago.
“I sort of know how to use it,” he said.
On Wednesday, he quickly learned how to use the camera on his new phone.
“It looks like a news deal,” he said of the scene he pulled up on.
He was headed back to his studio after lunch when he was forced to stop on the bridge because 10 police cruisers were blocking the street in both directions.
“All of a sudden, the light came on,” he said with a chuckle referring to his news sense.
He pulled out his new cell phone and started taking pictures of a man being arrested.
“I thought this wasn’t going to be a good deal here, I’m not going to get out of my pickup and look around,” said Andersen.
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That man was on top of the Fargo Police Department’s most wanted list.
Andersen said he had no clue who the man being arrested was.
“You did not realize this was the homicide suspect they’ve been searching for for three days?” asked WDAY.
“No, I had no idea,” said Andersen.
Andersen knows about news photography.
He worked for a local paper near Wadena back in the 60s. He said a photo of a deadly school bus crash in Staples was his most sought after during his career.
“I had one picked up by the Associated Press. At the time, they paid me $5. That was a lot of money in 1962, I think it was,” said Andersen.
While cameras have changed over the past 60 years there’s one thing about news photography that will never change with time.
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“Be at the right spot to do that at the right time,” said Andersen.
Matt Henson is an Emmy award-winning reporter/photographer/editor for WDAY. Prior to joining WDAY in 2019, Matt was the main anchor at WDAZ in Grand Forks for four years.
