
Owner charged after several horses die in flood; refused to let neighbors help move animals to higher ground, sheriff says
By Linda Choi
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FARGO, N.D. (KVLY/Gray News) — A woman was rescued in North Dakota after being chained to a bed for years when a maintenance technician working in the apartment building heard her cries for help.According to court documents, Fargo police were called to an apartment complex Tuesday after a maintenance technician heard someone crying for help.The maintenance technician told police he entered the apartment where he found a woman chained to a bed with a security camera pointing at her. Court documents also said the windows of the bedroom were covered with tin foil.The responding officer said the woman was in a bedroom with a chain and padlock secured around her right ankle, with the other end of the chain secured to the bed.The woman told authorities she was brought to Fargo from Mexico in 2024 by her ex-husband, identified as 40-year-old Arturo Calzada Becerril. She said she had been chained up in his apartment and had not been outside for two years.The woman said Calzada Becerril brought