North Dakota Crime Law
<H2> United States of America v. D’Angelo James Hunt
Fargo, North Dakota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder and manslaughter. On November 17, 2025, D’Angelo James Hunt, age 26, of St. Michael, North Dakota, was charged by criminal complaint with Second Degree Murder of I.H. He waived a detention hearing following his initial appearance and remains in custody. The Grand Jury then returned a true bill of in... More...
$ (12-11-2025 - ND)<H2> United States of America v. D’Angelo James Hunt
Fargo, North Dakota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder and manslaughter. On November 17, 2025, D’Angelo James Hunt, age 26, of St. Michael, North Dakota, was charged by criminal complaint with Second Degree Murder of I.H. He waived a detention hearing following his initial appearance and remains in custody. The Grand Jury then returned a true bill of ind... More...
$ (12-18-2023 - ND)<h1> United States of America v. Cole Jeanotte </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Abusive Sexual Contact of a Minor Child </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Belcourt, ND, Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison for Abusive Sexual Contact of a Minor Child</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Acting Uni... More...
$0 (04-18-2025 - ND)State of North Dakota v. Ashley Peterson
Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with promoting a sexual performace by a minor and contributing to the delinquency of a child.<br> <br> Ashley Jordan Peterson, 34, did not teach the student directly in a classroom but did interact with him numerous times as the school's positive behavior technician.<br> <br> Peterson allegedly developed a relationship w... More...
$0 (01-17-2025 - ND)<h1> United States of America v. William Vandervier </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Sioux Falls, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possessing a Rifle as a Felon </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Dupree Man Sentenced to Three Years' Probation for Possessing a Rifle as a Felon</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> United States Attorney Alison J. Ra... More...
$0 (12-19-2024 - ND)<h1> United States of America v. Rhawnie Marcellais </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child abuse, assault with a dangerous weapon, and malicious mischief </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Belcourt woman sentenced to federal prison for child abuse, assault with a dangerous weapon, and malicious mischief</h2></center></b></... More...
$0 (11-13-2024 - ND)<h1> United States of America v. Nathaniel Patrick Azure </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, Discharges of Firearms in a Crime of Violence, and Brandishing of a Firearm in a Crime of Violence </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> St. Michael, ND, Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Assault with a Dang... More...
$0 (06-25-2024 - ND)<h1> United States of America v. Nathaniel Patrick Azure </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, Discharges of Firearms in a Crime of Violence, and Brandishing of a Firearm in a Crime of Violence </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> St. Michael, ND, Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Assault with a Da... More...
$0 (06-17-2024 - ND)<h1> United States of America v. Nathaniel Patrick Azure </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, Discharges of Firearms in a Crime of Violence, and Brandishing of a Firearm in a Crime of Violence </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> St. Michael, ND, Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Assault with a Da... More...
$0 (06-17-2024 - ND)<h1> United States of America v. Kyle William Johnson </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Bismarck, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon, one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance (Methamphetamine), and one count of Possession and Discharge of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime </font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center>... More...
$0 (05-03-2024 - ND)<h1> United States of America v. Cody James Belgarde </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Second-Degree Murder and Arson.</font </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b>St. Michael, ND, Man Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison for Second-Degree Murder and Arson </h2></center><br> <br> Cody James Belgarde, age 37, from St. Michael, ND, was sentenced to 32... More...
$0 (04-22-2024 - ND)<h1> United States of America v. Joshua Paul Kranig </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center><i> Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Distributing Large Amounts of Methamphetamines into North Dakota.</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><br> <b><h2><center><i></b> Minot Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Distributing Large Amounts of Methamphetamines into North Dakota from Mexico, and Trafficking Firear... More...
$0 (03-28-2024 - ND)<h1> United States of America v. Melecio Rodriguez Medina </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Sioux Falls, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a South Dakota Cocaine Conspiracy.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> Mexican Citizen Sentenced to Over 27 Years in Federal Prison in a South Dakota Cocaine Conspiracy </h3></center></i><br> <br> Melecio Rodriguez Medina, 39, was... More...
$0 (03-12-2024 - ND)<h1> United States of America v. Terry Jon Martin </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Theft of the "Ruby Slippersâ€.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> Minnesota Man Sentenced for the Theft of the "Ruby Slippers†from the Classic 1939 Film "The Wizard of Oz†</h3></center></i><br> <br> Chief Judge Patrick J. Sc... More...
$0 (01-29-2024 - ND)<h1> United States of America v. Skyla Kay Cavanaugh </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Accessory After the Fact, False Statements and Retaliation Against a Witness.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <br> <br> Skyla Kay Cavanaugh, age 23 of St. Michael, ND, was sentenced to three years in federal prison, three years supervised release and $300.00 in ... More...
$0 (01-30-2024 - ND)<h1> United States of America v. Vine Phillip Hayes </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Sioux Falls, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h2><center><i></b> </h2></center></i><br> <br> United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier has sentenced a Rapid City... More...
$0 (01-29-2024 - ND)<h1> United States of America v. Weldon Littleghost </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Fargo, North Dakota Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant a Sheyenne Man Sentenced for Damaging Law Enforcement Vehicle</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <br> U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on Jan. 28, 2013, Weldon Littleghost, 21, of Sheyenne, N.D., was sentenced before U. S. District Judge Ralph R. Erickson on charg... More...
$0 (01-28-2013 - ND)United States of America v. Cody James Belgarde
Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Second-Degree Murder and Arson.<br> <br> In January of 2021, Cody James Belgarde, age 36, from St. Michael, ND, shot and killed a boy who was two weeks past his seventeenth birthday. Belgarde then set fire to the house where the murder took place. After eight days of trial and over thirty witnesses, the jury reache... More...
$0 (11-19-2023 - ND)State of North Dakota v. Reinaldo Vasquez and Juan Caballero
"Perjured testimony is one of the most serious threats to the integrity of the criminal justice system. It can lead to the wrongful conviction of innocent people, the acquittal of guilty people, and a loss of public trust in the justice system.<br> <br> Here are some of the adverse impacts of perjured testimony on the criminal justice system:<br> <br> Wrongful convictions: Perjured testimony i... More...
$0 (12-31-1997 - ND)United States of America v. Marie Um
Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute controlled substances and controlled substance analogues resulting in serious bodily injury and death; conspiracy to import controlled substances and controlled substance analogues resulting in serious bodily injury and death; and international money la... More...
$0 (09-06-2023 - ND)United States of America v. Cody John O’Hara
Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with Receipt of Materials Containing Child Pornography and Failure to Register as a Sex Offender. <br> <br> This case came to the attention of law enforcement after a United States Probation Officer discovered child pornography on O'Hara's cellphone. Cody John O'Hara, age 35, of Cavalier, North Dakota, was previously conv... More...
$0 (08-10-2023 - ND)United States of America v. Cody John O'Hara
Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with Receipt of Materials Containing Child Pornography and Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.<br> <br> It came to the attention of law enforcement after a United States Probation Officer discovered child pornography on Cody John O'Hara's cellphone. O'Hara, age 35, was previously convicted of Possession and Receipt of M... More...
$0 (08-10-2023 - ND)United States of America v. Daniel Vivas Ceron
Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with for his role in operating a fentanyl enterprise from a Canadian prison.<br> <br> Daniel Vivas Ceron, age 42, a Columbian national, was extradited from Panama to the United States on January 25, 2017, with significant assistance from the Justice Department's Office of International Affairs.<br> <br> On July 12, 2019, Cer... More...
$0 (07-27-2023 - ND)United States of America v. Marie Um
Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute controlled substances and controlled substance analogues resulting in serious bodily injury and death; conspiracy to import controlled substances and controlled substance analogues resulting in serious bodily injury and death; and international money launder... More...
$0 (04-24-2023 - ND)United States of America v. Brady Daniel Torgerson
Bismarck, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with bank fraud against financial institutions located in Beulah, North Dakota, namely, First Security Bank-West and the Union Bank.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <P><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Bismarck_ND_FEd.jpg" alt="Federal Courthouses - Bismarck, North Dakota... More...
$0 (02-18-2023 - ND)United States of America v. Darius Sledge, a/k/a Ace, a/k/a Man Man, a/k/a Frank Love, a/k/a Gary, a/k/a Bill
Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs, money laundering and maintaining a drug involved residence.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/northdakota/news/fargo/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Fargo</a><br> </font><br> </center><br> </h1><br> </table><br> </center><br> In June ... More...
$0 (01-06-2023 - ND)United States of America v. Joel Alejandro Quinonez
Fargo, North Dakota criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess and distribute drugs.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/northdakota/news/fargo/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Fargo</a><br> </font><br> </center><br> </h1><br> </table><br> On April 21, 2021, Joel Aljejandro Quinonez, age 34, of Puebla, Mexico, wa... More...
$0 (12-13-2022 - ND)State of North Dakota v. Gracious Weah
Bismarck, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with aggravated assault and reckles endangerment.<br> <br> The evidence at trial showed that Weah, a certified nurse aide, performed an improper, one-person lift of a resident of the Sheyenne Care Center resulting in severe and painful injuries to the resident. The evidence also showed Weah failed to report the injury cau... More...
$0 (09-23-2022 - ND)United States of America v. Baquan Sledge and Darius Sledge
Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with drug trafficking.<br> <br> Baquan Sledge, a/k/a Rell, a/k/a TJ, a/k/a Matthew Pierce, was convicted of Continuing Criminal Enterprise, Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance, Possession with Intent to Distribute Oxycodone, and Maintaining a Drug-Involved Premise.<br> <br> D... More...
$0 (06-17-2022 - ND)United States of America v. Abbot William Aho
Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with armed robbery.<br> <br> Abbot William Aho was charged with interference with commerce by threats or violence robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1951, which provides: <br> <br> (a) Whoever in any way or degree obstructs, delays, or affects commerce or the movement of any article or commodity in commerce, by robbery or ext... More...
$0 (04-12-2022 - ND)State of North Dakota v. Raymond Gunn
Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyers represented Defendant charged with second-degree murder.<br> <br> Christopher Gunn, age 40, was charged with with murder for shooting and killing 41-year-old Eric Woodrow Hayes around 11 p.m. July 24 in the Loaf 'N Jug parking lot at 1201 N. University Drive in Fargo, across the street from North Dakota State University.<br> <br> Defendant claimed self ... More...
$0 (03-28-2022 - ND)Priscilla Iakel-Garcia V. Richard Allen Anderson
<center><h5><font color="red"><h2><font color="red"> Bismarck, ND - Divorce lawyer represented defendant contesting the judgment divorce decree, granting custody of a child, and distributing marital estate. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> I<br> [¶2] Richard Anderson and Priscilla Iakel-Garcia married in 2008 and have<br> one minor child. In November 2019, Iakel-Garcia filed for divo... More...
$0 (01-27-2022 - ND)United States of America v. Patrick Robert McKee, a/k/a William Patrick O’Hara
Bismarck, North Dakota criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with Social Security False Statements, False Statements, Health Care Fraud, and Aggravated Identity Theft. <br> <br> Patrick Robert McKee, a/k/a William Patrick O'Hara, Age 77 from Flint, MI, was charged with Social Security False Statements, False Statements, Health Care Fraud, and Aggravated Identity Theft. <br> <br> ... More...
$0 (01-08-2022 - ND)United States of America v. Josiah Thomas Aguilar
Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with armed robbery.<br> <br> Josiah Thomas Aguilar, age 21, Dilworth, MN, was charged with two counts of Interference with Commerce by Threats and Violence – Hobbs Act Robbery; Use of a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence; Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and Distribute Controlled Subs... More...
$0 (12-13-2021 - ND)United States of America v. Harleigh Josette Haugen
Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with armed robbery.<br> <br> Harleigh Josette Haugen, age 20, Fargo, ND, was charged with Conspiracy to Commit Robbery and Robbery. <br> <br> Investigation revealed that from May and continuing through June 2019, Haugen and Jordan Daniel Kraft, age 21, Fargo, ND, conspired with a group of young males and females to rob custo... More...
$0 (11-15-2021 - ND)United States of America v. Steven Barros Pinto
Fargo, RI: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with participating in an international fentanyl distribution conspiracy.<br> <br> Steven Barros Pinto, 40, of Rhode Island, was indicted for his role in distributing fentanyl and fentanyl analogues from Canada and China. After a five-week trial that began on June 8 in Fargo, the jury returned guilty verdicts against Pinto on various ... More...
$0 (10-14-2021 - ND)United States of America v. Rufus E. Dennis
Omaha, Nebraska criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with one count of Attempted Interference with Interstate Commerce by way of Robbery, one count of possessing a firearm during and in furtherance of a crime of violence, and one count of felon in possession of a firearm due to his prior murder conviction and one count of possession of a stolen weapon.<br> <br> Rufus E. Dennis, ... More...
$0 (08-06-2021 - ND)Cody Michael Atkins v. State of North Dakota
<center><h2><font color="red"> Bismarck, ND - Criminal defense attorney represented Cody Michael Atkins with a gross sexual imposition charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Atkins has a lengthy history of proceedings before the district court and <br> this Court, as we have recently summarized:<br> Atkins pleaded guilty to gross sexual imposition in 2015. This <br> Court affirmed Atkins'... More...
$0 (05-28-2021 - ND)Lorenzo Traveras Pemberton v. State of North Dakota
<center><h2><font color="red"> Bismarck, ND - Criminal defense attorney represented Lorenzo Traveras Pemberton with aggravated assault, interference with an emergency call, and felonious restraint charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> We described the evidence presented to the jury in State v. Pemberton, <br> 2019 ND 157, ¶¶ 2-7, 930 N.W.2d 125, and we will not repeat those facts here... More...
$0 (05-28-2021 - ND)City of Jamestown v. Santos Regalado Casarez, III
<center><h2><font color="red"> Bismarck, ND - Criminal defense attorney represented Santos Regalado Casarez, III with appealing from a criminal judgment entered after his motion to suppress was denied and his conditional guilty plea to refusing to take a chemical breath test was accepted</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> At approximately 11 p.m. on November 6, 2019, Jamestown Police <br> Offi... More...
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