MINOT, N.D. – A former Minot elementary teacher and retired U.S. Air Force member has been sentenced to five years of supervised probation on child pornography charges.
47-year-old Richard Owen Ditmars, was sentenced to five years in prison, all suspended but the 30 days he already served in the Ward County Jail, for felony child pornography. He was sentenced to 10 years, all suspended, for felony promotion of a sexual performance by a minor child.
Ward County Assistant State’s Attorney Tiffany Sorgen says she agreed to the relatively light sentence because Ditmars took responsibility for his actions immediately and expressed appropriate remorse.
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