{"id":2673,"date":"2025-12-13T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=2673"},"modified":"2025-12-19T02:39:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T08:39:20","slug":"cass-county-ex-deputy-pleads-guilty-in-csam-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/cass-county-ex-deputy-pleads-guilty-in-csam-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Cass County: Ex-Deputy Pleads Guilty To Child Sex Material"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cass County, ND<\/strong> (trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 A former Cass County Sheriff\u2019s deputy has pleaded guilty to five counts of possessing child sex abuse material.<\/p>\n

Court records<\/a> say Carson Quam entered conditional guilty pleas on Friday. The conditional pleas let him appeal a June ruling. That ruling denied his request to suppress evidence from a home search.<\/p>\n

Quam first pleaded not guilty to 10 counts on Jan. 29. Records show he changed his plea on Dec. 12 in District Court.<\/p>\n

What \u201cconditional\u201d plea means<\/h2>\n

The conditional pleas keep one legal issue alive on appeal. Quam can challenge the June decision on the search. If he wins that appeal, the case could change.<\/p>\n

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Carson Quam\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Search warrant and seized devices<\/h2>\n

The case began after investigators served a search warrant at Quam\u2019s home. The warrant led to the seizure of eight items. Those items included phones, a laptop, a tablet, and a USB drive.<\/p>\n

Defense attorney Mark Friese argued the warrant lacked a strong link. He said there was not enough tie between the home and the evidence sought.<\/p>\n

Court documents say Quam admitted viewing pornography on a work cellphone. Law enforcement had already taken that phone before the home search.<\/p>\n

State response and the judge\u2019s ruling<\/h2>\n

Prosecutors argued that investigators had enough reason to search the home. They cited information about Quam\u2019s living situation and internet access. They also cited statements in the investigation.<\/p>\n

The state also noted Quam downloaded a TOR browser to his work phone. TOR can help hide browsing activity and location. Prosecutors said the facts supported a home search.<\/p>\n

The judge denied the motion to suppress in June. That ruling is now the target of Quam\u2019s appeal.<\/p>\n

What happens next<\/h2>\n

A pretrial conference set for Dec. 15 is now canceled. A jury trial set for late January is also canceled.<\/p>\n

The court ordered a pre-sentence investigation and a risk assessment. A sentencing date has not been set.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m Chris Harper reporting for TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cass County, ND (trfnews.i234.me) \u2014 A former Cass County Sheriff\u2019s deputy has pleaded guilty to five counts of possessing child sex abuse material. Court records say Carson Quam entered conditional guilty pleas on Friday. The conditional pleas let him appeal a June ruling. That ruling denied his request to suppress evidence from a home search.… Continue reading Cass County: Ex-Deputy Pleads Guilty To Child Sex Material<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wpscp_schedule_draft_date":"","_wpscp_schedule_republish_date":"","_wpscppro_advance_schedule":false,"_wpscppro_advance_schedule_date":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":null,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"default","_twitter_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type":"default","_pinterest_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"default","_medium_share_type":"default","_threads_share_type":"default","_google_business_share_type":"default","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[12],"tags":[3102,767,3101,3106,1122,3105,768,772,3182,3103,2309,3104,3183,3109,3181,3098,794,3107,3108],"class_list":["post-2673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-carson-quam","tag-cass","tag-cass-county-mn","tag-child-sex-abuse-material","tag-child","tag-conditional-plea","tag-county","tag-crime","tag-ex-deputy","tag-former-sheriffs-deputy","tag-guilty","tag-guilty-plea","tag-material","tag-minnesota-district-court","tag-pleads","tag-search-warrant","tag-sex","tag-suppression-motion","tag-tor-browser","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2673"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4090,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2673\/revisions\/4090"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}