Pornography

WEST FARGO – A man who ran for mayor and city commissioner here has been ordered to serve six years in prison for possessing child pornography. Peter Karl, 52, of West Fargo was sentenced in Fargo’s federal court Monday on a charge of receipt of materials involving the...

By Crystal Dey / Bemidji Pioneer A Bemidji man is facing a felony possession of pornography charge after images of children engaged in sexual acts were traced to his computer IP address. Max Arnett Lussier, 55, was arrested Friday after a search warrant executed at Lussier's...

By Sarah Volpenhein A Fosston, Minn., man was convicted of seven counts of child pornography in state district court in Crookston and sentenced to four years and three months in prison Wednesday. Timothy John Bakken, 54, was arrested in November after officers found child...

By Sarah Smith ssmith@parkrapidsenterprise.com A contested omnibus hearing has been set for a former Hubbard County murder suspect now charged with possessing child pornography. Murder charges were dismissed against Fredrick William Bachman in November. But investigators combing...

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. - A Detroit Lakes man has been convicted and sentenced in Becker County District Court on seven felony counts of possessing child pornography. Christopher Damian Gessel, 35, of 3094 Kennedy Acres Road, Detroit Lakes, was ordered to serve a total of 84 months...

LITCHFIELD -- A 23-year-old Dassel man made his first court appearance Monday on 16 felony charges of criminal sexual conduct, use of a minor in a pornographic work and possession of pornography for allegedly sexually abusing and making videos of a girl for 10 years. Nathan Charles...

A Detroit Lakes man made his first appearance Monday in Becker County District Court on 12 felony counts of possession of pornographic material involving minors. Bradley Victor Beckman, 47, of 32921 Birch St., Detroit Lakes, is accused of possessing 37 video and image files containing...

A Park Rapids man admitted Monday that he downloaded computer files containing child pornography while living in Duluth. Christopher Lee Ussery, 22, pleaded guilty in State District Court in Duluth to possession of pornographic work involving minors.

MINNEAPOLIS - Yesterday in federal court in Fergus Falls, a 46-year-old Menahga man was sentenced for possessing more than 300 images of child pornography. United States District Court Judge John R.