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Date: 02-17-2021
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Case Number: 3:18-cr-00141-PDW
Judge: Peter D. Welte
Court: United States District Court for the District of North Dakota (Cass County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with sexual abuse of minors.
Roger Ricky Counts, age 52 of Dunseith, ND, was charged with Aggravated Sexual Abuse, 18 USC 2241(c).
In July 2017, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) began investigating Roger Counts for the sexual abuse of minors after an eight year old child disclosed that Counts had sexually abused the child. Counts was serving as foster parent for the victim at the time the abuse occurred, and had served as a foster parent for other children in the Turtle Mountain community. A jury found Counts guilty of aggravated sexual abuse of a child on February 14, 2020.
"The defendant’s horrifying conduct was magnified by his abuse of the trust placed in him as a foster parent," said United States Attorney Drew Wrigley, "and the child victim was courageous to come forward and share the truth about these crimes so that justice could be served."
This case was investigated by the FBI and the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), and was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Matthew Greenley.
18:2241(c) and 1153 - AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD
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Outcome: Defendant was sentenced to 30 years imprisonment with credit for time served; lifetime supervised release; $100 special assessment.
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