Feds: Former West Fargo principal transported minor to South Dakota to engage in sexual activity

David George is facing four new charges in a federal indictment

FARGO (KVRR) – Federal prosecutors have filed new charges against a former West Fargo school principal who had been facing child pornography-related charges in state court.

In a newly-unsealed indictment, David George is charged with transportation of a minor, receipt of images depicting the sexual exploitation of children, distribution of images depicting the sexual exploitation of children and possession of images depicting the sexual exploitation of children.

According to the indictment, George “knowingly transported, and caused to be transported, Jon Doe, who had not attained the age of 18 years, in interstate commerce, from the state of North Dakota to the state of South Dakota, with the intent that such individual engage in sexual activity.”

The Cass County State’s Attorneys Office has said George had videos and photos of obscene performances of minors, mostly boys, who are believed to be between the ages of 5 and 14.

George resigned as principal of Independence Elementary on the same day he was originally arrested in August, 2023. He had been with the West Fargo School District for nearly 10 years.

Late last year, the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation informed the school district that the case involved a student.

State charges against George have been dropped.