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…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) — A Minnesota state trooper has been charged in federal court with production of child pornography. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says Jeremy Plonski was arrested and will remain in custody pending a detention hearing. He was taken to the Sherburne County Jail in Elk River, which has a contract to hold federal prisoners. The patrol says…
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…
Claire Ness, deputy attorney general, speaks during a committee hearing on Jan. 20, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Possessing a computer-generated image of child pornography would be punishable as a felony in North Dakota under a bill discussed Monday by state lawmakers. House Bill 1386 adds images created by artificial intelligence to state law prohibiting the possession of…
MINNEAPOLIS (KVRR) – Federal prosecutors say a Minneapolis man has been charged with producing child pornography after taking photos of children in his care. U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger says according to court documents, between June 17, 2024, and June 18, 2024, Eric Phillip Allen used a minor to produce sexually explicit images. Allen also faces charges in Hennepin County related…
Travis FetzerFARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – A 38-year-old Fargo man has been charged with child pornography crimes. Court records show that in May and early June, in conversations with 13 different children and adults on social media, Travis Fetzer sent and received dozens of pictures and videos of boys and girls between 6- and 17-years-old. The kids were in various stages of…
Ray HolmbergFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Former State Senator Ray Holmberg of Grand Forks has entered a not guilty plea to two federal child porn charges: child sex tourism and receipt of child porn. An initial trial date has been scheduled for December 5, 2023 in U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota in Fargo. Holmberg was released and…
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (KVRR) — A Marshall County man has been sentenced to 120 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for child porn possession. According to court documents, 64-year-old Keith Allen Barsness, of Grygla, possessed multiple images and videos showing young kids engaging in sexually explicit conduct. Law enforcement had a search warrant for his home…
MAYVILLE, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – A rural Mayville man who shot and killed himself last week was under investigation for child pornography. A search warrant application from the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation filed in Traill County District Court says 23 uploaded files containing child pornography were traced to the cell phone of 59-year-old Steve Volla. Photos and videos were…
DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – A district judge has set bond at $5000 for a Ramsey County Sheriff’s deputy charged in a child pornography case. Twenty-four-year-old Michael Hull appeared in court Tuesday morning via interactive video from jail in Minot. Hull is charged with possession of prohibited materials – a class C felony. Judge Lonnie Olson set several conditions for…
