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North Dakota US Sen. Kevin Cramer’s son pleads guilty in car-chase death of a deputy

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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The adult son of U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer has pleaded guilty to all charges after a crash that killed a North Dakota sheriff’s deputy. Ian Cramer changed his plea Friday in the Dec. 6, 2023, death of Mercer County Sheriff’s Deputy Paul Martin. The charges included homicide while fleeing a peace officer, preventing arrest, reckless endangerment and drug- and driving-related offenses. The homicide offense alone is punishable by up to 20 years in prison and/or a $20,000 fine. Sen. Cramer has said his son “suffers from serious mental disorders.”

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