North Dakota False Pretense Law
<H2> United States of America v. Jose Adelfo Cadena-Velazquez
Fargo, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with use of false permanent resident identification and forcibly resisting or opposing arrest.... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - nd)State of Nebraska v. Mocktavin Dial
Omaha, Nebraska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with with first-degree false imprisonment, assault by strangulation, and robbery<br> <br> Mocktavin Dial was accused of assaulting a nurse in an Omaha hospital parking lot.<br> ... More...
$0 (10-17-2025 - ND)<h1> United States of America v. Isaac Osei Afoakwa </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Fargo criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Over $14.6 Billion in Alleged Fraud </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> <br> National Health Care Fraud Takedown Results in 324 Defendants Charged in Connection with Over $14.6 Billion in Alleged Fraud</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="re... More...
$0 (07-06-2025 - ND)United States of America v. Kevin Daniel Torgeson
<h2>Fargo, North Dakota transportation of explosives by a person without a license and drug possession criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2<br> <br> 18 U.S.C. 842 provides:<br> <br> (a) It shall be unlawful for any person—<br> (1) to engage in the business of importing, manufacturing, or dealing in explosive materials without a license issued under this chapter;<br> (... More...
$0 (10-18-2024 - ND)State of North Dakota v. Christopher Houston Perman
<h2><br> Jamestown, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with failure to register as a sex offender.<br> </h2><br> <br> Christopher Houston Perman, age 33, of Jamestown, North Dakota was charged with failure to register as a sexual offender and prohibited acts A/controlled substances, Class C felonies, and false reports to law enforcement or other security officia... More...
$0 (06-21-2024 - ND)Mark Splonskowski v. Erika White, et al.
Minot, North Dakota civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant challenging the constitutionality of a North Dakota state statute.<br> <br> COMPLAINT<br> <br> Plaintiff Mark Splonskowski brings this action for declaratory and permanent injunctive<br> relief against Defendant Erika White in her official capacity as the State Election Director of North<br> Dakota, alleging ... More...
$0 (02-02-2024 - 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)United States of America v. Thompson Tarr
Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with aiding and assisting in the preparation of a false and fraudulent tax return.<br> <br> 26 U.S.C. 2706 provides:<br> <br> Any person who—<br> (1) Declaration under penalties of perjury<br> <br> Willfully makes and subscribes any return, statement, or other document, which contains or is verified by a written decl... More...
$0 (08-07-2023 - 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)State of North Dakota v. Cody Raymond Plumlee
Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyers represented Defendant claimed with murder, aggravated assault, reckless endangerment and burglary but guilty on charges of theft, reckless driving and giving false information to police.<br> <br> Cody Plumle, age 29, was accused of killing his girlfriend by pushing her down a flight of stairs. Kristen Knause died two weeks after falling down a flight o... More...
$0 (04-08-2022 - ND)Heidi Boldt v. Cliff J. Boldt
<center><h3><font color="red"><h2><font color="red"> Bismarck, ND - Divorce lawyer represented defendant with appealing from a divorce judgment. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> The parties were married in 2000. They have four children. Two of the <br> children are minors. They were eleven and nine years old at the time of these <br> proceedings. In 2019, Heidi Boldt left the marital... 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. Benjamin Boway
Fargo, North Dakota preparation of false tax returns charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Benjamin Boway, age 43, Mapelton, ND, who was charged with Aiding in Preparation of False Tax Returns. <br> <br> Between 2015 and 2018, Boway, the sole owner and operator of a tax preparation business, Bennie Tax Services, in Mapleton, ND, knowingly filed fraudulent tax returns. Boway charge... More...
$0 (06-07-2021 - ND)Larry A. Froistad v. State of North Dakota
<center><h2><font color="red">Bismarck, North Dakota - Criminal defense attorney represented Larry Froistad with a murder charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> In 1998, Froistad pled guilty to murdering his daughter by setting fire to <br> his residence when she was inside. In 2000, Froistad filed his first application <br> for postconviction relief, arguing: (1) the district court faile... More...
$0 (05-28-2021 - ND)Cody Michael Atkins v. State of North Dakota
<center><h2><font color="red">Bismarck, ND - Criminal defense attorney represented Cody Atkins with <i> appealing from district court orders denying his application for post-conviction relief and his motion to reconsider.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Atkins pleaded guilty to gross sexual imposition in 2015. This Court <br> affirmed Atkins's criminal judgment. State v. Atkins, 2016 ND 13, ... More...
$0 (03-16-2021 - ND)United States of America v. Stephen Todd Reisinger
Bismarck, North Dakota obstruction of justice charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Stephen Todd Reisinger, age 50, from Kalispell, Montana, who was charged with obstruction of OSHA proceeding.<br> <br> Reisinger was a maintenance manager at Nabors Completion and Production Services Company (NCPS) at its Williston facility. He supervised approximately 40 employees, including 28-yea... More...
$0 (03-09-2021 - ND)United States of America v. Larry Gene Childers
Bismarck, North Dakota Lacey Act Violation criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Larry Gene Childers, Jr., age 52 of Seaford, VA, who was charged with the Unlawful Transport of Wildlife in Foreign Commerce (Lacey Act Violation).<br> <br> On October 17, 2019, Childers unlawfully transported 171 pounds of unidentifiable migratory waterfowl meat, approximately 207 birds, into the United Sta... More...
$0 (02-09-2021 - ND)Cody Michael Atkins v. State of North Dakota
<center><h2><font color="red"> Bismarck, ND - Criminal defense attorney represented Cody Michael Atkins with <i> appealing from a district court order denying his motion to vacate a criminal judgment and withdraw his plea of guilty.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> [¶2] In June 2015, Atkins pled guilty to violating an order prohibiting contact,<br> a class A misdemeanor. Atkins did not appe... More...
$0 (01-12-2021 - ND)Ashley Kenneth Hunter v. State of North Dakota
<center><h2><font color="red">Fargo , ND - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Ashley Kenneth Hunter with <i> appealing from an order denying his application for postconviction relief, arguing the district court abused its discretion in determining res judicata barred his claim of judicial bias and that he did not receive a Miranda warning.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Hunter ... More...
$0 (11-06-2020 - ND)United States of America v. Steven Ralph Lindblad
<center><br> <img width="400" src="https://www.usmarshals.gov/district/nd/images/fargo.jpg"<br> </center><br> <br> Fargo, ND - The United States of America charged Steven Ralph Lindblad with Interstate Communication of a Threat to Injure Persons and False Information and Hoax. <br> <br> Specifically, the Indictment alleges that on August 15, 2019, Lindblad made a telephone call to a customer servi... More...
$0 (06-28-2020 - ND)United States of America v. Robert Eugene Johnson
<center><h1><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding:<br> 0em;"><a href="http://www.callmorelaw.com/" target="_new">MoreLaw Receptionists</a></br><font Color="Red">VOIP Phone and Virtual Receptionist Services<br> Call 918-582-6422 Today<br> </font></h1><P></center> <br> <br> Fargo, ND - The United States of America charged Robert Eugene Johnson with making a false st... More...
$0 (04-02-2020 - ND)State of North Dakota v. Henry Lee Marcum
<center><h1><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding:<br> 0em;"><a href="http://www.callmorelaw.com/" target="_new">MoreLaw Receptionists</a></br><font Color="Red">VOIP Phone and Virtual Receptionist Services<br> Call 918-582-6422 Today<br> </font></h1><P></center><br> On June 10, 2018, Marcum was charged with one count of possession of<br> a controlled substance, se... More...
$0 (04-01-2020 - ND)United States of America v. Lonnie Alonzo Howard
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.usmarshals.gov/district/nd/images/bis4.jpg"><br> </center><br> Bismarck, ND - An Armed Career Criminal Sentenced to 17 1/2 years in Federal Prison for Possession of a Firearm by a Felon, and Escape<br> <br> Chief United States District Judge Daniel L. Hovland sentenced Lonnie Alonzo Howard, age 48, of Bismarck, North Dakota, on charges of Possession ... More...
$0 (08-18-2019 - ND)United States of America v. Lonnie Alonzo Howard
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.usmarshals.gov/district/nd/images/bis4.jpg"><br> </center><br> Bismarck, ND - An Armed Career Criminal Sentenced to 17 1/2 years in Federal Prison for Possession of a Firearm by a Felon, and Escape<br> <br> Chief United States District Judge Daniel L. Hovland sentenced Lonnie Alonzo Howard, age 48, of Bismarck, North Dakota, on charges of Possession o... More...
$0 (07-17-2019 - ND)United States of America v. Hunter Brian Hanson
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.usmarshals.gov/district/nd/images/bis4.jpg"><br> </center><br> Bismark, ND - Leeds, ND, Man Signs Plea Agreement in an $11 Million Dollar Fraud Scheme<br> <br> Hunter Brian Hanson, age 22, of Leeds, ND, was charged with Wire Fraud, Money Laundering, and a Forfeiture allegation. Additionally, the United States District Court unsealed a Plea Agreement... More...
$0 (06-17-2019 - ND)Cody Michael Atkins v. State of North Dakota
<center><h1><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding: 0em;"><a href="http://www.callmorelaw.com" target="_new">MoreLaw Virtual Receptionists</a></br><font Color="Red"> Nosotros hablamos español</font><font></h1><P></center><br> In March 2015, Atkins pleaded guilty to gross sexual imposition. Following the imposition of sentence, Atkins appealed the criminal judgme... More...
$0 (06-03-2019 - ND)Landon L. Michael v. Joshua Trevena and Ryan Chaffee
Landon Michael filed suit against Watford City, North Dakota, police officers<br> Joshua Trevena and Ryan Chaffee, alleging unlawful arrest and excessive force after<br> the officers were called to help resolve a family dispute. The district court granted<br> the officers summary judgment based on qualified immunity. Michael appeals.<br> I.<br> Michael was in possession of a set of keys to a truck... More...
$0 (08-08-2018 - ND)Marcus Orlando Chatman v. State of North Dakota <table> <td>
Marcus Orlando Chatman appeals an order summarily dismissing his second application for post-conviction relief. Chatman argues the district court erred in denying his request for an evidentiary hearing on newly discovered evidence, abused its discretion in granting summary dismissal prior to ruling on outstanding motions, and erred in determining the anticipatory search warrant in the underlying c... More...
$0 (03-27-2018 - ND)United States of America v. Jason A. Haleck and Nathan R. Garber
Bismarck, ND - Saltwater Disposal Well Operators Sentenced on Multiple Felony Charges in Connection With Operation of Well<br> <br> Two saltwater disposal well operators were sentenced in federal court in Bismarck, North Dakota, on felony charges stemming from the operation of a saltwater disposal well near Dickinson, in Stark County, North Dakota. <br> <br> Jason A. Halek, 44, of Southlake, Texas... More...
$0 (11-28-2017 - ND)State of North Dakota v. Wesley Alan Cody <table> <td>
Cody pled guilty to two counts of theft of property, and one count each of false information or report to law enforcement, fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer, reckless endangerment, and felony charges stemming from other related criminal cases. On September 21, 2016, a restitution hearing was held to address damages as a result of Cody's theft and damage of a 2001 GMC Sierra Duramax pi... More...
$0 (07-10-2017 - ND)<b>Marcus Orlando Chatman v. State of North Dakota</b>
Marcus Chatman appeals from a district court order summarily dismissing his application for post-conviction relief. A jury found Chatman guilty of possession of heroin with intent to deliver, possession of cocaine, and possession of marijuana by a driver, and his convictions were affirmed in State v. Chatman, 2015 ND 296, 872 N.W.2d 595. Chatman applied for post-conviction relief, claiming he rece... More...
$0 (02-18-2017 - ND)State of North Dakota v. Chris Engelhorn
According to McLean County Deputy Sheriff Curt Olson's affidavit, Olson approached a running vehicle after responding to an early-morning report the vehicle was in a ditch. Olson observed the driver sleeping inside the vehicle. The driver identified himself as Chris Engelhorn and admitted he had been drinking alcohol the night before. After Engelhorn recited the alphabet and counted backwards, Ols... More...
$0 (08-24-2016 - ND)State of North Dakota v. Claude Joseph Mercier
According to testimony at the suppression hearing, at around 11 p.m. on May 4, 2015, Bismarck Police Officer April McCarthy was dispatched to an area for a report of suspicious activity. The identified caller described the suspect as a white male wearing a black t-shirt, and believed this suspect and a female individual were trying to rob him. When Officer McCarthy arrived near the scene, she obse... More...
$0 (08-18-2016 - ND)State of North Dakota v. Rodney Michael Rogahn
The following information comes from the affidavit of probable cause offered in support of a warrant to search Rogahn's residence. On October 23, 2013, a confidential informant ("CI") working with the Ward County Narcotics Task Force met with and purchased a substance from Trisha Engstrom. The substance was identified as likely being marijuana. Engstrom left this meeting and went to a residence id... More...
$0 (05-29-2016 - ND)United States of America v. Mrkonja Redic
Fargo, ND - Fargo Business Man Has Been Sentenced in Connection with Tax Fraud<br> <br> Mrkonja Redic, 50, Fargo, ND, was sentenced before U. S. District Judge Ralph R. Erickson to serve five (5) years supervised probation and ten (10) months Electronic Home Monitoring after pleading guilty in Dec. 2015 to an Information charging him with Making and Subscribing a False Federal Tax Return. Judge Er... More...
$0 (03-23-2016 - ND)State Of North Dakota v. Knox
Knox was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and driving while his license was suspended. A preliminary hearing was held and McKenzie County Sheriff's Deputy Per Perez testified he was dispatched to Zoe Road for reported drug activity at the M&M Trailer Park. Perez testified he received information from State Radio that the reporting pa... More...
$0 (01-15-2016 - ND)State Of North Dakota v. Hannah
On October 8, 2014, Watford City Police responded to a call reporting an assault occurring in a vehicle parked along a downtown street. The reporting witness alleged to have seen an individual in the vehicle's driver's seat repeatedly hitting another individual in the passenger's seat. After responding to the call, the officers identified Hannah as the individual in the vehicle's driver's seat. Th... More...
$0 (01-15-2016 - ND)Blume Construction, Inc. v. State of North Dakota
Blume received a notice of determination from Job Service dated November 8, 2013, informing Blume that it would be assigned a penalty tax rate for unemployment insurance. The notice stated the agency conducted an audit and concluded there was a transfer of ownership and payroll between Blume and another company that was knowingly done to obtain a lower tax rate for unemployment insurance. The noti... More...
$0 (12-08-2015 - ND)State Of North Dakota v. Acker,
A jury found Gino Acker guilty of aggravated assault. He appeals from the judgment arguing the district court's admission of his prior criminal conviction for sexual assault constitutes reversible error. We agree. We reverse the criminal judgment and remand the case for a new trial. The State charged Acker with aggravated assault. Acker drove Beau Johnson home after Acker and Johnson had been vis... More...
$0 (12-03-2015 - ND)Holverson v. Lundberg,
Holverson sued Lundberg to quiet title to a tract of land in Burleigh County, alleging he executed a contract for deed to purchase land from the Trust in 1978. He defaulted on payments under the contract for deed and Lundberg sent him a notice of statutory cancellation of the contract on December 13, 2012, which required him to satisfy the contract by June 17, 2013. Holverson alleged he presented... More...
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