ST. PAUL (KVRR) — Two people from Bemidji are indicted for selling fentanyl in and around Red Lake Indian Reservation and throughout Minnesota. 28-year-old Derek Paddy and 20-year-old Robyn Lussier had over 40 grams of fentanyl on them when arrested last November. They made their initial appearances in U.S. District Court last Friday. They are both charged with one count…
FARGO (KVRR/KFGO) – A former North Dakota senator who plans to admit to traveling abroad with plans to sexually abuse a child has repeatedly violated the conditions of his release, according to a new filing in U.S. District Court in Fargo. Former Sen. Ray Holmberg, a Grand Forks Republican, has accessed the internet multiple times without approval since he was…
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…
David GeorgeFARGO (KVRR) – Federal prosecutors have filed new charges against a former West Fargo school principal who had been facing child pornography-related charges in state court. In a newly-unsealed indictment, David George is charged with transportation of a minor, receipt of images depicting the sexual exploitation of children, distribution of images depicting the sexual exploitation of children and possession…
MINNEAPOLIS (KVRR) — A Red Lake, Minnesota man is sentenced to over 6 years in prison for the sexual abuse of a minor. According to court documents, 63-year-old Ronald Pearson was visiting a home on Red Lake Indian Reservation in August 2022 when the abuse occurred. He pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court last September to one count of sexual…
(BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – The public may never get a satisfying explanation as to why federal agencies refused North Dakota additional support during the Dakota Access Pipeline protests, former Gov. Jack Dalrymple said Friday. “Bureaucracy is a great place to hide,” he said after wrapping up testimony in U.S. District Court in Bismarck. North Dakota is asking a…
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…
MINNEAPOLIS (KVRR) – Two people from the Red Lake Reservation are indicted for child neglect after the death of a child. According to court documents, 41-year-old Julius Fineday and 63-year-old Sharon Rosebear deprived the child of necessary food, clothing, shelter, health care, and supervision. The U.S. Attorney says the neglect throughout 2022 caused the death. Fineday is charged with one…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — A man from Nigeria is sentenced in U.S. District Court in North Dakota for mail fraud. 37-year-old Kolawole Akande was given 30 months in federal prison and ordered to pay nearly $350,000 in restitution. Akande and others got their hands on checks from a Dickinson, North Dakota company through the mail while living in Texas. The…
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…
