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February 14, 2019

Orlando Joseph Brown

Jury convicts Grand Forks man for rape, assault

GRAND FORKS -- A jury convicted a Grand Forks man of aggravated assault and two counts of rape Thursday, Feb. 14, upon the conclusion of a three-day...

news/crime-and-courts February 14, 2019 - 7:23pm

February 4, 2019

Arsenio Lamare Oquinn, 29, will spend 18 months on unsupervised probation. His initial charge was a Class A felony for gross sexual imposition, which holds a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. During a change of plea hearing Friday, Feb. 1, the charge was amended to a Class A misdemeanor for sexual assault, which holds a maximum of 360 days behind bars.

Fargo man pleads guilty to Grand Forks sex assault

GRAND FORKS — A Fargo man pleaded guilty Monday, Feb. 4, to charges alleging he raped a woman he knew. The felony charge was reduced to a misdemeanor....

news/crime-and-courts February 4, 2019 - 4:52pm

January 31, 2019

Dissatisfied with the sentence for their daughter's attacker, Ryan and Rosa Strubbe of Fargo want North Dakota to change its juvenile justice laws. WDAY

Parents of child sex crime victim want ND juvenile justice laws changed

FARGO — A Fargo family wants to change North Dakota juvenile justice law after a minor recently sentenced for sexually assaulting their daughter...

news/crime-and-courts January 31, 2019 - 2:36pm

January 30, 2019

Stephen Wynn

Western North Dakota judge suspends 13 years of sentence for man who sexually assaulted woman at gunpoint

DICKINSON, N.D. — A Dickinson man who fled to Florida after committing a sexual assault will serve at least seven years in prison. Judge James...

news/crime-and-courts January 30, 2019 - 8:12pm

January 25, 2019

Jury convicts Mandan Lyft driver of sexual assault

MANDAN, N.D. -- After deliberating for nearly eight hours on Thursday, Jan. 24, a jury found a Mandan Lyft driver guilty of sexually assaulting...

news/crime-and-courts January 25, 2019 - 5:17pm

January 23, 2019

Nathan Timothy Tebay

Minto man pleads guilty to stealing almost $100,000 worth of equipment

MINTO, N.D. - A Minto man pleaded guilty Tuesday, Jan. 22, to stealing almost $100,000 from a former employee. He also faces unrelated charges...

news/crime-and-courts January 23, 2019 - 9:19am

January 22, 2019

Chris Brown Performs at Supafest 3 Sydney, Australia 2012. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

Chris Brown detained in Paris after rape allegations, reports say

R&B star Chris Brown has been detained in Paris after being accused of rape, according to news reports. The American singer was taken into...

entertainment/music January 22, 2019 - 12:08pm

January 14, 2019

Christian Dion Tolbert

Man charged with repeatedly sexually assaulting child in ND

GRAND FORKS -- A Grand Forks area man appeared in court Friday, Jan. 11, on accusations that he repeatedly sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl...

news/crime-and-courts January 14, 2019 - 4:59pm

January 7, 2019

Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

Kevin Spacey ordered to stay away from his accuser after appearing in Massachusetts court

Kevin Spacey appeared Monday in a Massachusetts court, where attorneys entered a not-guilty plea on behalf of the 59-year-old actor, who was...

entertainment January 7, 2019 - 12:16pm

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos testifies before the House Appropriations Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington, March 20, 2018. (Erin Schaff/Copyright 2019 The New York Times)

Port: There’s nothing 'horrifying' about due process for college campuses

“What Education Secretary Betsy DeVos wants to do to school sexual misconduct rules is horrifying,” writes left wing ideologue Jim Shaw....

education/opinion January 7, 2019 - 11:47am

December 22, 2018

The Capitol building in Washington. (Sarah Silbiger/Copyright 2018 The New York Times)

Violence Against Women Act expires with government shutdown

WASHINGTON - The Violence Against Women Act expired at midnight Saturday, Dec. 22, as the government shuts down, cutting off funding for programs...

news/government-and-politics December 22, 2018 - 11:56am

December 16, 2018

North Dakota campuses, state board consider effects of proposed Title IX changes

GRAND FORKS — Area campuses are playing a wait-and-see game as the comment period continues for proposed changes to federal regulations regarding sexual misconduct on college campuses. U.S. Education Secretary Betsy Devos introduced the proposed regulation changes in November that...

news/education December 16, 2018 - 6:00am

November 26, 2018

Ryan Baker

Iowa man sentenced for trying to use Craigslist to have sex with Grand Forks minor

GRAND FORKS -- An Iowa man was ordered to spend more than a year behind bars for trying to use Craigslist to arrange sex with an investigator...

news/crime-and-courts November 26, 2018 - 10:21pm

November 17, 2018

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos during a tour of Ashland Elementary School in Manassas, Va., in April. Photo for The Washington Post by Sarah L. Voisin

DeVos rewrites rules for handling sexual assault

WASHINGTON - Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Friday released her long-awaited rewrite of rules governing campus sexual harassment and assault...

news/education November 17, 2018 - 1:27pm

November 5, 2018

Shannon Moser appears in Cass County District Court through interactive television during her arraignment on Tuesday, July 24, 2018. David Samson / Forum News Service

Former North Dakota middle school teacher gets 10 years in prison for having sex with a student, sharing illicit photos and videos

FARGO — A former West Fargo middle school teacher who pleaded guilty to having sex with a student and sharing illicit photos and videos with...

news/crime-and-courts November 5, 2018 - 11:25am