BISMARCK, N.D. (KFGO) – Late Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem’s emails that were first thought to be lost forever have been released by the Attorney General’s office through an open records request from KFGO News after they were recovered. The 2,700-page document, released Wednesday, contains about 2,000 thousand emails from Stenehjem’s personal phone, but reveals little new information related to his…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Fargo man is arrested for child porn. 27-year-old Joseph Retzlaff is charged with 8 felony counts of possession of prohibited materials. Court documents say child porn was flagged by Google on an account linked to Retzlaff and local law enforcement was notified. Investigators found multiple devices in his apartment with hundreds of photos and videos…
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR) — A White Earth, Minnesota man is found guilty by a federal jury of production of child porn. 34-year-old Ryan Thompson, also known as Ryan Townsend, used a minor in December 2020 to produce pornographic images. The 13-year-old victim used her school-issued laptop to message the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and told them Thompson had been…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/AP) — A federal judge has rescheduled the trial for a former North Dakota lawmaker indicted on federal charges of child sex tourism and child porn. Ray Holmberg, 79, is accused of traveling to Prague with the intent of paying for sex with a minor. The former Republican state senator from Grand Forks, was indicted last month and set…
David GeorgeFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Cass County prosecutors file more felony charges against a former West Fargo elementary principal who was arrested for child porn. They have added charges of gross sexual imposition with a victim under 15 and solicitation of a minor against David George. The school district put out a statement saying the charges are not related to…
David GeorgeFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A former West Fargo elementary school principal has entered not guilty pleas to seven counts of child porn. A hearing for 39-year-old David George had been scheduled for tomorrow but that has since been canceled after he entered his pleas last week. Cass County State’s Attorneys Office say George had videos and photos of obscene…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Bond is set at $10,000 for a Fargo man, associated with Trinity Elementary School in West Fargo, after being arrested for having child porn. 25-year-old Joshua Bowman is an After School/Summer Program Coordinator. Court documents state the case started as a cybertip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. In July 2022, Snapchat sent…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Lisbon, North Dakota man is sentenced to 40 years in prison on federal child porn charges. 29-year-old Craig Gregor was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Fargo. An investigation found that Gregor repeatedly filmed himself sexually abusing a 6-year-old child. Prosecutors say he later shared the videos with others on the internet. A search of…
KANDIYOHI COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR) — A Royalton man pleads guilty to producing sexually explicit images of a minor. According to court documents, 35-year-old Andrew John Groen contacted a minor using the messaging app TextMe. Groen, who knew the victim was a minor, identified himself in the messages as a 19-year-old man. On multiple occasions, Groen coerced the minor to send…
EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. (KVRR) – An East Grand Forks man is sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to possessing child pornography. David Detwiler was taken into custody last September after investigators found suspected child porn on electronic devices while executing a search warrant at his home. The case started with a tip. Numerous agencies were involved…
