Tag: North Dakota

Tierra Lynn Scott, Involuntary Manslaughter, North Dakota 2024
FARGO, ND – Tierra Lynn Scott, 31, of Tokio, North Dakota, will spend the next fourteen years of her life behind bars after being sentenced to 168 months in federal prison for the death of a man she struck and ran over with a vehicle while intoxicated and with three minor children present. Chief Judge…

Karmen Charles Fox, Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl, North Dakota 2025
FARGO – Karmen Charles Fox, a 34-year-old Fargo resident, has been handed a brutal 40-year sentence for leading a massive drug distribution enterprise that resulted in death. United States Attorney Jennifer Klemetsrud Puhl announced the sentencing of Fox by Chief Judge Peter Welte. Fox faced numerous charges including conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute…

Ryan Cody Guy, Involuntary Manslaughter, North Dakota 2022
Ryan Cody Guy, a 46-year-old man from St. Michael, North Dakota, has been sentenced to 63 months in federal prison for involuntary manslaughter. According to court documents, Guy was driving a vehicle on the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation while intoxicated when he rolled it on February 26, 2022. A passenger in the vehicle died as…

Ricardo Jaquez, Methamphetamine Trafficking, North Dakota 2025
FARGO – Nine individuals have been arrested for their roles in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy with ties to the Almighty Latin King Nation criminal street gang, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of North Dakota. Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Klemetsrud Puhl announced that the arrests were the result of a multi-state…

Kadar Udai Pearson, Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon, North Dakota 2024
Fargo Man Sentenced to Prison for Gun Crime Fargo, ND – Kadar Udai Pearson, a 21-year-old from Fargo, North Dakota, was sentenced to 51 months in prison, consecutive to any other sentence, and 3 years of supervised release, for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Pearson appeared in federal court and was sentenced before…

Cole Jeanotte, Abusive Sexual Contact of a Minor, North Dakota 2025
Fargo, North Dakota – A Belcourt man has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for the heinous crime of abusive sexual contact of a minor under 12 years of age. Cole Jeanotte, 41, appeared in federal court on April 17, 2025, before District Court Judge Peter Welte and was sentenced to 360 months…

Cole Jeanotte, Abusive Sexual Contact of a Minor, North Dakota 2025
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Austin Ray Lester, Involuntary Manslaughter, Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, Child Neglect, North Dakota 2025
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Raymon (Ray) Everett Holmberg, Traveling for Commercial Sex with Minors, North Dakota 2024
Former North Dakota state senator Raymon (Ray) Everett Holmberg, 81, of Grand Forks, North Dakota, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for traveling to Prague in the Czech Republic to engage in commercial sex with children. Holmberg, who served as a state legislator for 45 years, made approximately 14 trips to Prague between 2011…

Raymon (Ray) Everett Holmberg, Traveling for Commercial Sex with Minors, North Dakota 2024
Former North Dakota state senator Raymon (Ray) Everett Holmberg, 81, of Grand Forks, North Dakota, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for traveling to Prague in the Czech Republic to engage in commercial sex with children. Holmberg, who served as a state legislator for 45 years, made approximately 14 trips to Prague between 2011…
