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