Trial For Former West Fargo Elementary Principal David George Moved to Next Year

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A federal trial for former West Fargo Independence Elementary Principal David George is being moved to February.

U.S. District Judge Peter Welte issued his ruling earlier this month after the defense asked for more time to review discovery and prepare for trial.

The trial was set to begin October 8.

It will now start on February 25.

In his ruling Welte wrote, “There is good cause to continue the trial, and ‘the ends of justice served by taking such action
outweigh the best interest of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial’.”

George is accused of taking a 10-year-old boy to South Dakota where he molested the child.

Prosecutors also plan to call a woman who is expected to testify that George sexually abused her beginning when she was around 8-years-old.

George was arrested last August and was being held at Cass County Jail until May when he was moved to Sherburne County, Minnesota.

He was with West Fargo Public School District for nearly 10 years, resigning the day he was arrested.