Grand Forks (trfnews.i234.me) — A Grand Forks man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for crimes involving children. Marshawn Howard Wooten, 30, was sentenced on Wednesday, May 6. Court records say the case involved 15 crimes against children. Nearly all of the charges were sexual in nature. Wooten had already been sentenced in… Continue reading Grand Forks Man Gets 40 Years In Child Sex Case
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Detroit Lakes Man Sentenced In Felony DWI Case
Detroit Lakes (trfnews.i234.me) — Samuel Allen Stone, 65, of Detroit Lakes, has been sentenced in Becker County District Court. Stone was sentenced for felony first-degree DWI, test refusal, according to court records. A second felony, first-degree DWI charge was dismissed as part of a plea agreement. Hit-And-Run Report Led To Stop The case began on… Continue reading Detroit Lakes Man Sentenced In Felony DWI Case
Callaway Liquor Store Theft Ends In Jail Term
Callaway (trfnews.i234.me) — A Callaway woman has been sentenced in Becker County District Court for felony theft. Mandy Jean Dwyer, 39, was sentenced after a theft case tied to the city-owned Callaway Liquor Store. According to court records, Dwyer was accused of stealing more than $15,000 while working at the store. The reported thefts happened… Continue reading Callaway Liquor Store Theft Ends In Jail Term
Callaway Woman Sentenced In Obstruction Case
Callaway (trfnews.i234.me) — Donna Jean Knutson, 35, of rural Callaway, has been sentenced in Becker County District Court. Knutson was sentenced on a misdemeanor charge of obstructing the legal process. A felony charge of fleeing a peace officer in a motor vehicle was dropped under a plea agreement. According to court records, the case began… Continue reading Callaway Woman Sentenced In Obstruction Case
Bismarck Drug Ring Leader Gets 40 Years
Bismarck (trfnews.i234.me) — A North Dakota woman accused of leading a major meth ring has been sentenced to 40 years in federal prison. Jessica Trottier, 46, received that sentence on Thursday, April 9. Chief Judge Peter Welte handed down the decision in federal court. The case centered on a wide drug network that operated from… Continue reading Bismarck Drug Ring Leader Gets 40 Years
Thief River Falls Man Sentenced After Spying On Teenage Girl
Pennington County (trfnews.i234.me) — A Thief River Falls man was sentenced after a felony privacy case involving a teenage girl. Matthew Alan Kessel, 38, was sentenced March 30 in Pennington County District Court. Sentence Ordered by the Court Kessel was convicted of interference with privacy. The court gave him a 12-month prison sentence. That sentence… Continue reading Thief River Falls Man Sentenced After Spying On Teenage Girl
Crookston Man Gets 12 Years in Child Sex Case
Crookston (trfnews.i234.me) — A Crookston man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for a first-degree sex crime involving a child under 13. G. Thomas Amiot, 82, was sentenced on Thursday, April 2. He received the minimum prison term required by law. He pleaded guilty to the felony charge in December. Court records said… Continue reading Crookston Man Gets 12 Years in Child Sex Case
Frazee Man Sentenced in Becker County Meth Case
Frazee (trfnews.i234.me) Ricky Dee Thomas Jr., 32, of Frazee, has been sentenced in Becker County District Court in a felony drug case. Court records show the case involved methamphetamine sales in April 2025. According to the criminal complaint, a confidential informant told a drug task force agent that a meth purchase had been arranged with… Continue reading Frazee Man Sentenced in Becker County Meth Case
West Fargo Man Gets Life in Child Sex Abuse Case
WEST FARGO, N.D. (trfnews.i234.me) — A West Fargo man has been sentenced to life in prison after a Cass County case involving the sexual abuse of a child. Nicholas Colin Wika, 31, was convicted on three counts of gross sexual imposition. Two counts were Class AA felonies. One count was a Class A felony. The… Continue reading West Fargo Man Gets Life in Child Sex Abuse Case
Thief River Falls Court: Hodgson Sentenced in Assault Case
Pennington County (trfnews.i234.me) — Jesse Leonard Hodgson, 42, was sentenced after a Pennington County jury found him guilty of felony third-degree assault and misdemeanor domestic assault. The verdict followed a two-day trial on Jan. 15 and 16. Jurors found Hodgson not guilty of felony domestic assault by strangulation. Sentence Ordered For the felony assault conviction,… Continue reading Thief River Falls Court: Hodgson Sentenced in Assault Case