Scott Skjerva, 44, is accused of having sexual contact with a girl over several years.<\/p>\n
Court records say the alleged conduct began when the girl was 14 years old. It allegedly continued until she was 17.<\/p>\n
The girl is now an adult.<\/p>\n
Charges Filed In Five Counties<\/h2>\n
Skjerva is charged in Eddy, Cass, Stutsman, Foster, and McIntosh Counties.<\/p>\n
Court documents say the alleged incidents happened from 2019 through 2023.<\/p>\n
The case also references travel through other North Dakota counties.<\/p>\n
Those counties include Burleigh, Dickey, and Stutsman Counties.<\/p>\n
The allegations remain under review in court.<\/p>\n
Skjerva is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nScott Skjerva<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Court Records Detail Allegations<\/h2>\n
According to court records, Skjerva met the girl in New Rockford.<\/p>\n
Records say she was 13 at the time.<\/p>\n
The two reportedly worked at the same cafe.<\/p>\n
The victim told investigators the relationship started as flirtatious.<\/p>\n
She said it later escalated into sexual contact.<\/p>\n
Court documents say the first alleged sexual encounter happened in New Rockford.<\/p>\n
The girl was 14 years old at that time, according to records.<\/p>\n
Investigators say the alleged conduct continued after she moved to other towns.<\/p>\n
Records say Skjerva traveled long distances to meet her.<\/p>\n
He was married during the time period, according to court documents.<\/p>\n
Alleged Locations Listed<\/h2>\n
Court documents say the alleged activity happened in several types of places.<\/p>\n
Those places included vehicles, hotels, parks, and family members\u2019 homes.<\/p>\n
Records also say Skjerva admitted that some activity occurred.<\/p>\n
The victim told investigators her home life was difficult during that period.<\/p>\n
She said her father struggled with drug addiction.<\/p>\n
She also said her mother knew about the relationship.<\/p>\n
However, she said her mother was busy raising other children.<\/p>\n
Anyone seeking case information can visit the North Dakota Court Records public search<\/a>.<\/p>\n Victim support information is available through the North Dakota Victim Services Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n National help is also available through RAINN<\/a>.<\/p>\n I\u2019m Chris Harper reporting for TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" New Rockford Case: Bemidji Man Charged New Rockford, North Dakota (trfnews.i234.me) \u2014 A Bemidji, Minnesota, man is facing sex crime charges in five North Dakota counties. Scott Skjerva, 44, is accused of having sexual contact with a girl over several years. Court records say the alleged conduct began when the girl was 14 years old.… Continue reading New Rockford Case: Bemidji Man Charged<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30044,"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":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_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":[1224,5363,871,756,770,772,17899,17900,151,17901,384,17897,1131,17903,17898,17902,6005],"class_list":["post-30041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-bemidji","tag-bemidji-man-charged","tag-case","tag-cass-county","tag-charged","tag-crime","tag-eddy-county","tag-foster-county","tag-man","tag-mcintosh-county","tag-new","tag-new-rockford","tag-north-dakota-court-records","tag-rockford","tag-scott-skjerva","tag-sex-crime-charges","tag-stutsman-county","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30041","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=30041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}