AG: Oil Patch crime on par with rest of ND

BISMARCK — The likelihood of being a victim of a crime in North Dakota’s Oil Patch is not much different than it is in the rest of the state and may even be lower in some cases, the state’s attorney general said Monday. Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem released North Dakota’s crime statistics for 2011 on Monday and addressed crime perceptions in North Dakota’s oil cities in the western part of the state.

By: Teri Finneman, The Dickinson Press