FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Belcourt, North Dakota man is sentenced to life in prison. Justin Baker, 44, is handed down the sentence along with $400 in special assessment fees. Baker is accused of two counts of sexual abuse by threat or death or serious bodily injury and two counts of assault by strangulation. Law enforcement responded to a home…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Fargo man is facing charges after police say he sexually abused a girl over several years. Court records say 31-year-old Benito Fox started abusing the girl when she was in 6th grade. Fox touched the girl’s genitals and chest multiple times. The girl told investigators Fox would make her wear less-revealing clothing. She also said…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — An East Grand Forks man is pleading guilty to sex crimes against underage girls in Grand Forks. Prosecutors say 47-year-old Manuel Martinez Jr. is accused of sexually abusing a woman’s four daughters between 2012 and 2021. Martinez was living with the family and the girls were as young as age six at the time. He…
WAHPETON, N.D. (KVRR) — A trial for a Wahpeton man charged with sexually abusing a child has been canceled. On Monday, 62-year-old Robert Abell changed his plea to guilty to one count of continuous sexual abuse of a child. His trial was supposed to start next week. An arrest warrant for Abell was issued last November and he made his…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Fort Totten, North Dakota man is sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for sexually abusing three girls between the ages of 9 and 15. 23-year-old Saunders Jackson-Buckles was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Fargo for aggravated sexual abuse of a child and two counts of sexual abuse of a minor. An investigaion found…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Two men from Fort Totten, North Dakota are sentenced to prison for the sexual abuse of an incapacitated person. 34-year-old Reese Ironshield was given just over 7 years in prison while 32-year-old Kyle Langstaff, Sr. was given nearly 5 years. The men were caught in the act by three kids on the Spirit Lake Reservation on…
NEW YORK — Legendary singer-songwriter and Minnesota native Bob Dylan is being sued by a woman who claims he groomed her to sexually abuse her when she was 12 in the 1960s. The lawsuit filed in New York only identifies the plaintiff as “J.C.”. She claims Dylan plied her with drugs and alcohol before sexually abusing her at his Chelsea…
WEST FARGO, N.D. — Hundreds of bikers from across the metro came out in support of a courageous young girl Sunday afternoon. The second annual Ride With Natalee: Against Sexual Abuse motorcycle ride kicked off at Harley-Davidson of Fargo. The event is in support of Natalee Strubbe, a 5-year-old girl who was raped multiple times by a teenage boy last…
NORTH DAKOTA – In January, the Catholic Dioceses of Fargo and Bismarck published a list of priests and clergy they determined by their standards have abused children. The law firm says the information was missing the assignment list. “We sent them a letter telling them to do that, that they should do that, cause it’s really easy for them. It’s…
MINNEAPOLIS–The University of Minnesota is investigating allegations that a former men’s hockey assistant sexually abused players more than 30 years ago. The move comes after The Athletic reported on sexual abuse allegations against former assistant Thomas “Chico” Adrahtas over many years, including the season Adrahtas spent with the Gophers in 1984-85. The website reported that several people had gone to…
