May 11 – Two people were recently sentenced on felony charges in Southeast District Court in Jamestown.
Dean Allen Benter, 55, Rogers, North Dakota, pleaded guilty to failure to register as a sex offender, a Class C felony.
Benter was accused of being required to register as a sex offender and failing to register a Facebook account from Aug. 8 to Sept. 27.
Judge Troy LeFevre sentenced Benter to 90 days in the Stutsman County Correctional Center with credit for 26 days served. Benter can serve his sentence through electronic home monitoring or must report to the Stutsman County Correctional Center to serve his sentence on May 29. LeFevre also placed Benter on one year of supervised probation.
A Class C felony is punishable by five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
Stephanie Renae Andersen, 38, Jamestown, pleaded guilty to theft of property, a Class C felony.
Andersen was accused of stealing cash and/or cash equivalents from a business worth a total of between $1,000 and $10,000 from September 3, 2021, to August 12, 2023.
LeFevre sentenced Andersen to five years in the North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, with five years suspended. LeFevre ordered Andersen to submit to fingerprinting and placed her on supervised probation for 60 months. Andersen was also ordered to pay an indigent defense filing fee of $35, an indigent recovery of $300, restitution of $23,166 and a victim-witness fee of $25.
