BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — North Dakota lawmakers are heading into the final three weeks of the 80-day session which is scheduled to end on May 9. Among the latest action by lawmakers, the senate has voted down a resolution that related to mandated reporting requirements for public officials. It was a proposal prompted by the sex crime conviction of former…
FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Former North Dakota state Senator Ray Holmberg of Grand Forks will not appeal his 10-year federal prison sentence for traveling overseas to have sex with underage boys. Holmberg’s attorney, Mark Friese, says Holmberg did not ask him to file an appeal. Holmberg is in the Sherburne County Jail in Elk River, Minnesota pending his transfer to a…
FARGO (KVRR) – Former state Senator Ray Holmberg, who pleaded guilty to traveling overseas with intent to engage in commercial sexual activity, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Hovland sentenced Holmberg following a lengthy sentencing hearing in a packed courtroom that included testimony from prosecution and defense witnesses. Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer Puhl…
FARGO (KVRR) – An attorney for a former state senator who pleaded guilty to traveling to a foreign country to have commercial sex with minor boys is asking a federal judge to impose a sentence that does not require going to prison. Ray Holmberg of Grand Forks will be sentenced March 26 in U.S. District Court in Fargo. Holmberg’s attorney,…
Ray HolmbergFARGO (KVRR) – A federal judge says the Bureau of Prisons will have access to hundreds of pages of medical records to determine if the agency has the ability to provide adequate medical care to former state Senator Ray Holmberg. Holmberg pleaded guilty last August to traveling overseas with the intent to have sex with minors. He’s currently in custody…
BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A former North Dakota state senator convicted of a child sex crime will be sentenced on March 26. Ray Holmberg, once one of the state’s most powerful lawmakers, pleaded guilty in August to one count of traveling abroad with the intent to have sex with adolescents under age 18. Holmberg’s sentencing hearing will take…
Ray HolmbergFARGO (KVRR) – A federal judge has ordered former North Dakota State Senator Ray Holmberg to surrender to U.S. Marshals on Nov. 1. Holmberg has pleaded guilty to traveling overseas to have sex with children. “Since the entry of a guilty plea on August 8, 2024, Holmberg’s overall conduct does not equate with a good faith effort to fully…
Attorney Mark Friese (left) & Ray HolmbergFARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Attorneys have filed their arguments on whether former North Dakota state Sen. Ray Holmberg should be taken into custody as he awaits sentencing after pleading guilty to traveling overseas to have sex with children. The 80-year-old Grand Forks Republican has been allowed to remain on release with conditions due to “exceptional…
Ray HolmbergFARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Former North Dakota state Sen. Ray Holmberg continues to violate the conditions of his release as he awaits sentencing for child sex tourism. Holmberg pleaded guilty in August to taking multiple trips to Prague to pay for sex with children. A federal court filing says Holmberg violated his release, which includes internet restrictions, by accessing social…
FARGO (KVRR) – North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley says he believes there are more people with information about the sex crimes case surrounding former state Sen. Ray Holmberg of Grand Forks–and he wants them to speak with investigators. Holmberg recently pleaded guilty in federal court to traveling to the Czech Republic to have sex with children. He’ll be sentenced…
