FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A St. Michael, North Dakota man is sentenced to over five years in federal prison for involuntary manslaughter. 46-year-old Ryan Guy was sentenced by District Judge Peter Welte in Fargo. In February 2022, Guy was behind the wheel when he rolled his vehicle on Spirit Lake Reservation, killing a passenger. Guy’s blood alcohol content was 0.164,…
FARGO (KFGO) – The mother of a 19-year-old woman who died while in the Rolette County Jail in northern North Dakota has been granted a court judgment with the county and two former correctional officers. Jessica Allen will be paid $2 million. Court documents say In June of 2020, Lacey Higdem was found in the woods. She was hallucinating and…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will welcome 142 new U.S. citizens during ceremonies on Tuesday. They come from 44 countries such as Cameroon, China, Cuba, Japan, Turkey and others. U.S. District Court Judges Peter Welte and Ralph Erickson will preside over the ceremonies at 9 am and 11 am at Barry Hall at NDSU. North Dakota…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A man who pleaded guilty to child porn charges and is linked to a former North Dakota state senator was ordered to serve 40 years in prison. Nicholas Morgan-Derosier, 36, was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Fargo. Chief Judge Peter Welte went beyond the 30-year sentence recommended by prosecutors in the case, in part…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a request to delay his decision supporting two Native American tribes that sought changes to North Dakota’s legislative boundaries to give the tribes more influence in the Legislature. U.S. District Chief Judge Peter Welte denied Republican Secretary of State Michael Howe’s motion to stay his ruling, pending an expected appeal to the…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that North Dakota’s Legislature violated the Voting Rights Act in how lawmakers reapportioned legislative districts comprising two tribal nations. U.S. District Chief Judge Peter Welte issued his ruling on Friday, months after a trial held in June in Fargo. He ruled that the 2021 redistricting plan for two districts, one with…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) – A Montreal woman has been sentenced by a federal judge in Fargo to 23 years in prison for her part in an international drug trafficking case which was run by a man in a medium security prison in Quebec, Canada. U.S. District Judge Peter Welte sentenced Marie Um, who was convicted in April after a two-week…
FARGO, N.D. (KFGO) — A federal judge has denied an emergency motion by Romantix, Inc. to issue a restraining order against the City of Fargo, which would have allowed the adult entertainment business to open a store on Broadway before the City can change codes that will ban such a move. Judge Peter Welte ruled that Romantix has not demonstrated likelihood…
FARGO (KVRR) – A Belcourt, N.D. man has been sentenced to 36 1/2 years in prison for sexually assaulting an 11 year-old. Forty-year-old Adam Jason Poitra was charged with Aggravated Sexual Assault of a minor. Federal prosecutors say Poitra sexually abused the child “countless times” between September, 2017 and May, 2018. U.S. District Court Judge Peter Welte also sentenced Poitra…
