June 13 – Grand Forks – During his initial expression in the District Court of Grand Forx on Friday afternoon, June 13, Arvila’s man claims the situation in which he is accused of owning explosives is a “giant misunderstanding”.
“I believe all the work is grossly misinterpreted,” said Christopher Ryan Ringsruud-Nowels, adding to Judge Don Hagger remotely from the correction center of Grand Forks County. “… I’m completely crushed by how I even got here.”
The 42-year-old Ringsrud-Knowels said that what the law enforcement agencies are characterized as a “home explosive device” is actually a smoke bomb used to kill Goffs.
He and his Code, 41-year-old Gabriel Patrick Mesmer of Fargo, are accused of possessing Class C explosives, which has a maximum five-year sentence.
At 8:41 Wednesday, June 11, a North Dakota highway patrol observes a vehicle traveling on the I-29 with a reflective shade of the front windows, according to a declaration of probable reason filed in cases. The military initiated a traffic stop, identifying Mesmer as a driver and Ringrude knowledge as a passenger.
He claims that Ringsrud-Knowels is immediately worried, seems to be very nervous and annoyed by the interaction with law enforcement.
As he was talking to Mesmer, the soldier said he looked nervous, restless and opposed. He claims to have taken Ringsrud-Knowels to Grafton to see his father, and said they were on the way back to Fargo.
Trooper asked the K-9 on the spot to make an outdoor vehicle deadly during which there was a positive blow, according to the declaration. Ringsrud-Knowels supposedly admitted that there was marijuana in the vehicle.
During the search of the vehicle, law enforcement agencies found that “a cylindrical device wrapped in an open -ended electric lane coming out of the top,” the statement said. Ringsrud-Knowels claims the device is a smoke bomb.
The law enforcement agencies believed that it was a home explosive device and contacted the local bomb squad. After arriving, the bomb detachment has positively identified the device as an explosive and successfully blown it.
During the hearing of Ringsrud-Knowels, the assistant lawyer Emerson Solemsaas requested a $ 100,000 bond, which means that the defendant must either pay the total amount or go through a bond with enough proof that it can be completely paid if necessary.
Solemsaas explained that the reasons for the request of the high bond were concerns about public safety, the nature and severity of the crime, as well as the uncertainty about where the defendants were directed with the explosive. In the hearing of Mesmer, his lawyer Nick Roller claims that he is known where the two men go – back to Fargo.
Solemsaas also said,
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Ringsrud-Knowels made his argument for the accusations he is currently, and also said that $ 1,400 were missed by him during his arrest. He said he could prove that money comes from legal funds.
Hagger’s bond placed Ringsrud-Knowels at $ 50,000 in cash or warranty.
The prosecutor’s office demanded the same connection in Mesmer’s case as largely the same reasoning. Roller said the client gives him Ringsrud-Knowels as a service because Ringsrud-Knowels can’t drive. Roller said the car owner and Ringsrud-Knowels took responsibility for the explosive.
He also said that Mesmer has a traumatic brain damage (TBI) and requires extensive medical attention and medicines. Roller has requested a personal recognition bond (PR), which means that the defendant has to pay anything unless he appears to the court or violate other conditions of release. He said his client was not able to work.
Hagger put Mesmer’s bond at $ 10,000 in cash or a guarantee.
Ringsrud-Knowels and Messmer will return to court for preliminary hearing and/or arguments at 9 am July 21.