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Wahpeton man faces child porn charges 
Documents unsealed in Fargo’s U.S. District Court this month depict Benjamin Hager as having an escalating sexual desire for children — up to and including communicating with the same underage girls who were used to create the images he craved.
By Kristen M. Daum , February 12, 2011
Petters’ accountant gets 1 year home detention
The accountant for Minnesota businessman Tom Petters has been sentenced to one year of home detention.
By Associated Press , October 18, 2010
Freethinkers, Fargo argue over Ten Commandments marker
Attorneys for Fargo and the Red River Freethinkers argued in U.S. District Court on Tuesday over whether a lawsuit regarding the city’s Ten Commandments monument should be dismissed.
By Kristen Daum , April 21, 2010
Sentencing today for ex-West Fargo day care operator
Federal court documents depict a former West Fargo day care operator charged with fraud as a liar and manipulator who took advantage of the people around her.
By Associated Press , April 20, 2010
GF woman and man charged with fraud involving adoption service
Two from Grand Forks released Thursday on their own recognizance to await a June trial on four federal counts of fraud involving a Texas adoption service and a local welfare agency.
By Stephen J. Lee , April 08, 2010
Lawsuit challenging job growth private money use back in N.D. state court
The lawsuit filed by Minot businessman Robert Hale says the state constitution forbids using taxpayer money to support private companies. He disputes the state's argument that the lawsuit should be dismissed because it fails to list specific grants or loans.
By Associated Press , March 25, 2010
Teen indicted in Red Lake Reservation homicide
A federal grand jury has indicted a 19-year-old man in a stabbing death on the Red Lake Indian Reservation last month.
By Associated Press , March 04, 2010
Officer: Use of force was ‘reasonable’
David Cochran, a Fargo police officer accused in a civil lawsuit of using unnecessary force in arresting an intoxicated man whose leg was “shattered,” said he acted reasonably and asked a judge to dismiss the case.
By Patrick Springer , January 22, 2010
Judge: N.D. man who threatened Bush can ignore government
A judge told a man convicted of threatening then-President George W. Bush that he doesn't have to speak with the Secret Service, but that he probably should unless he wants agents checking up on him after he completes his sentence.
By Dave Kolpack , January 11, 2010
$24 billion lawsuit filed against Credit Suisse
The property owners contend that Credit Suisse set up a branch in the Cayman Islands to skirt U.S. federal banking regulations and appraised the resorts at artificially inflated values as part of a plan to foreclose.
By Associated Press , January 04, 2010
Red Lake man pleads guilty to involuntary manslaughter
In his plea agreement, Donald Joseph Sumner Jr. admitted killing Daniel DeFoe without malice while recklessly driving on the Red Lake Indian Reservation.
By Bemidji Pioneer , December 16, 2009
AROUND MINNESOTA: Plea deal in 1985 murder ... Terrorism hearing delayed ... No to tax reciprocity
A man accused of helping in a 1985 murder has pleaded guilty to new charges in an agreement with prosecutors in Winona County. James Raymond Bolstad, 63, entered the pleas to three counts of aiding an offender in the murder of Ada Senenfelder. Bolstad admitted that he lied to police about the murder.
By Associated Press , December 12, 2009
Minnesota contractors who did Fargo area work face prison sentences
The owners of a Morris, Minn.-based construction company with a history of working in the Fargo area each face up to five years in prison for orchestrating a tax evasion scheme.
By Kristen Daum , December 08, 2009
Doctor: Man charged in Elizabeth Smart case competent to stand trial
A psychiatrist says the man charged in the 2002 abduction of Elizabeth Smart has a narcissistic personality disorder but is competent to stand trial and has been since his 2003 arrest.
By Associated Press , December 03, 2009
Wahpeton man in court on child porn charges
A Wahpeton, N.D., man faces a federal charge for having about 50,000 images of child pornography on his computer.
By Kristen Daum , December 02, 2009
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