While the context of the text messages has not been released, during a January detention hearing assistant U.S. Holmberg told the paper that he no longer had the text messages. Republican North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum (pictured) said in a statement he 'supports Senator Holmberg's decision to resign' and did not elaborate
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The landscaper previously was charged with theft, construction fraud and contracting without a license in connection to his lawn care business. He is accused of taking two children under the age of 10 from Minnesota to his Grand Forks home, with the intent of sexually abusing them.Īccording to an affidavit, investigators found a thumb drive in Morgan-Derosier's Grand Forks home that contained thousands of videos and photographs of children being sexually abused, including two of his young nephews. Prosecutors allege Morgan-Derosier, who remains in jail, possessed several thousand images and videos depicting sexually abused children.
The owner of a patio and yard care business called Team Lawn, Morgan-Derosier at the time was in custody at the Grand Forks County jail accused of sex crimes.
On Monday, Republican Ray Holmberg, 79, said he would resign on June 1 following an April 15 report from the daily newspaper Forum of Fargo-Moorhead about 72 text messages the state senator exchanged in August with accused sex offender Nicholas James Morgan-Derosier. North Dakota's longest-serving state senator announced he would be resigning after it was revealed that he sent 72 text messages to a man who was arrested on child pornography charges. He said that his text messages with Morgan-Derosier were related to 'a variety of things,' including patio work Morgan-Derosier did for himīy Associated Press and Gina Martinez For Dailymail.Com.Holmberg initially said that he had read a newspaper story about the charges against Morgan-Derosier but then told the paper in a later interview he had not.Holmberg previously announced in March this term would be his last and it was initially scheduled to end on November 30.Morgan-Derosier was in custody at the Grand Forks County jail on suspicion of child pornography and sex abuse crimes.His announcement came following a report that revealed that he exchanged 72 text messages in August with Nicholas James Morgan-Derosier.Republican North Dakota state senator Ray Holmberg, 79, said he would resign on June 1.North Dakota's longest-serving state senator quits after it's revealed he sent 72 texts to a man jailed on child pornography charges - about 'patio work' he'd done on his home