Walhalla, ND Man Receives 45-Year Prison Sentence for Violent Offenses

CAVALIER, ND (trfnews.i234.me) A Walhalla, North Dakota man has been sentenced to 45-years in prison for a string of brutal crimes in Walhalla in 2018. Benjamin “BJ” Hannesson has been sentenced to 45-years in prison and must serve 25-years before he’s eligible for parole.
the 36 year old benjamin bj honest of walhalla has been sentenced to 45 years in prison it won’t be eligible for parole for 25 years he received credit for time served of 372 days in february of this year he was found guilty of gross sexual imposition burglary felonious restraint terrorizing and theft for a series of crimes at a woman’s home in october of 2018 for background on all this here’s our report from 2018. benjamin b j honeston of walhalla has been formally charged in pembina county court with felony gross sexual imposition force or threat of forcible rape felony burglary at night felony felonious restraint felony terrorizing and felony theft of property according to court documents on october 16th the deputy was dispatched to a report of a sexual assault that took place in rural wahala the victim stated her attacker was bj benjamin honest according to court documents the investigation revealed that the attacker had entered the victim’s home through a window on the northwest side of the home during the night he grabbed her from behind he put his hand over her mouth poked something into her back and made her feel like it was a weapon and led her to the bedroom while telling her to tr not try anything the defendant threw her on the bed and began to forcibly uh digitally penetrate the victim’s vagina slapped her buttocks and pulled her hair the victim stated the attacker was tall slender strong and wearing a cap with some white on it and when he rubbed his face on hers it felt like he had a mask on after the attack he restrained the victim by tying her hands behind her back with an article of her own clothing and bound her feet he removed the foot restraint he then told her to start county to 400 so he could leave and threaten to slit her throat if she called the police the victim stated she thought he was going to kill her the victim stated she got up from the bed and called for aid locked the northwest door looked out the window and saw the mail walk near the uh privacy fence then she looked out of the picture window and saw the man running along the fence toward the roadway and could hear the sound of a vehicle with loud pipes or a loud muffler startup authorities say it’s known from their contact with him that honest gmc sierra has loud pipes authorities also say they have boot prints at the scene that match honestens they also collected his clothes honest and had been wearing the night before at a local bar which was shown on surveillance video and torn deans described by the victim when authorities asked honestly where he was that morning he stated he went for a country cruise and he became stuck and called a friend to pull him out authorities noted the location is near the victim’s residence where they also have imprints of his tire tracks again benjamin b.j honeston now sentenced to 45 years in prison i’m neil carlson reporting for inews dot tv