AP β A former longtime North Dakota lawmaker is charged with traveling to Prague with the intent to rape a minor, according to a federal indictment unsealed Monday. Ex-Republican state Sen. Ray Holmberg was arrested Monday in Grand Forks, according to an arrest warrant. He is also charged with one count of receiving images depicting child sexual abuse, according to the indictment filed Thursday in federal court in North Dakota.
It accuses the year-old Holmberg of traveling from his home state to the Czech Republic from about June to November with intent to rape a person under the age of The other charge dates from about November to March Holmberg served more than 45 years in the North Dakota Senate until his resignation last year, after local media outlet The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead revealed he exchanged dozens of text messages with a person who was jailed on charges related to child sexual abuse images.
A text message sent to Holmberg was not immediately returned and voicemail on his phone was not set up, so a message could not be left.
The U. Holmberg, a retired school counselor, chaired the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, which writes budgets. Law enforcement searched his Grand Forks home in November , seizing video discs and additional items. Support Provided By: Learn more. Wednesday, Jul 3. The Latest. World Agents for Change. Health Long-Term Care.
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