Ah, Wouldn't You Know It, Another First For North Dakota ... Right Out Of Charles Dickens

BetaBeat is reporting:

Rodney Brossart, the farmer from North Dakota, was arrested after being located by Predator drone, Forbes reports. Sentenced yesterday, he is the first American to be sent to the clink thanks to drone assistance.

In June 2011, Forbes reports, police attempted to arrest him because he wouldn’t return the three cows that had grazed onto his property. This resulted in “an armed standoff between Brossart, his three sons and a SWAT team” on his property. It ended only after the family of perps was located by a Predator drone borrowed from Customs and Border Patrol.

I remember reading the original Forbes article when it came out. I thought I linked it at the blog, but can't find it.

But I did find this:

• 20151, 1,191, Slawson, Drone 1-34-27H, Saxon, Bakken, t9/11; cum 121K 11/13; 

The Saxon oil field is at the eastern edge of the Bakken, eastern Dunn County.