Former WF Mayoral Candidate Headed to Prison

A former candidate for West Fargo Mayor is heading to prison on child porn charges.

Fifty-two-year-old Peter Karl was sentenced Monday in Federal Court to six years in prison for receiving materials involving the sexual exploitation of minors.

He was also convicted of child porn charges in New York in 2003.

Karl ran for mayor of West Fargo in 2010 and proposed a monorail between the city and Casselton.

He ran unsuccessfully for city commissioner in 2012.