FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Former Cass County Sheriff’s Deputy Carson Quam is sentenced to 18 months in jail after pleading guilty to five counts of possessing child porn in a plea deal. Five other counts were dismissed. The judge also ordered Quam to serve three years of probation following his sentence and register as a sex offender. Quam resigned in…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Two Mexican nationals have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Fargo for the attempted production, receipt, transportation, and possession of child sexual abuse material. 26-year-old Lidio Santiz Julian and 21-year-old Hugo Lopez Diaz are charged with multiple child exploitation offenses. Their arrests came following a months-long investigation conducted by Department of Homeland Security–Homeland Security Investigations…
OTTER TAIL CO., Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Perham, Minnesota man is sentenced to four months in jail for possessing child porn. 42-year-old Zachary Nash pleaded guilty to two counts in December. Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office received multiple tips from the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force on December 15, 2022 that said Nash’s computer contained multiple files of child…
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (KVRR) — A Valley City man arrested this past spring for having child sexual abuse material will avoid a trial by changing his plea. 50-year-old Mitchell Kohler pleaded not guilty in June to five counts of possession of certain materials prohibited. His change of plea hearing is set for Monday, one day before his trial was set…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A West Fargo man is charged with ten felony counts of child porn. Court documents say Michael Wolcott of West Fargo shared child porn images with another user on the messenging app Kik. Girls in the clips are believed to be between 7 and 17. Authorities were tipped off to Wolcott’s actions by the National…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Fargo man faces charges of having child porn and a deviate sexual act. Court documents show that 45-year-old Dennis Olsen caught the attention of Google and they reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. They in turn contacted North Dakota BCI which began an investigation. Olsen was stopped by Fargo Police on…
ABERDEEN, S.D. (KVRR) — A federal judge has sentenced an Ortonville, Minnesota man for production of child porn. 45-year-old Jason Honetschlager was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison. He was indicted by a federal grand jury in November 2023. The investigation discovered that throughout 2023, Honetschlager targeted teens in the Milbank, South Dakota area. He enticed minors through Snapchat…
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent has been charged by federal complaint with production of child pornography. Court documents say 51-year-old Timothy Gregg of Eagan, attempted, coerced and enticed a minor to take part in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing child porn. The father of the minor victim discovered multiple images and videos…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A judge sentences a Fargo man to 32 years in prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for having materials depicting the sexual exploitation of minors. Dustin Fredrickson, 37, is also ordered to pay $18,000 in restitution to the victims identified in the videos and pictures. He pleaded guilty in November. Fredrickson’s criminal activity was…
Carson QuamFARGO (KVRR/KFGO) – Former Cass County Sheriff’s Deputy Carson Quam is charged with ten counts of possession of child porn. A warrant has been issued for his arrest. Court records show investigators from North Dakota BCI found 10 photos of child porn on Quam’s phone. The sheriff was notified of the investigation in September and Quam resigned in November….
