Former West Fargo Principal Sentenced to 40 Years in Child Sex Abuse Case

Called a 'monster,' former North Dakota principal sentenced for child sex abuse

FARGO — A federal judge has sentenced a former West Fargo elementary school principal to 40 years in prison for child sex abuse crimes, but not before suggesting a life sentence would be "sufficient." North Dakota U.S. District Court Judge Peter Welte handed down the punishment Monday, Sept. 8, to 41-year-old David Preston George. The former Independence Elementary School principal pleaded guilty to transportation of a minor from North Dakota to…

Former West Fargo Elementary Principal David George is sentenced

David George (Sherburne County Jail)FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Former West Fargo Independence Elementary Principal David George has been sentenced to forty years in federal prison. U.S. District Judge Peter Welte issued a sentence of forty years for count one, twenty years for counts two and three, and twenty years of supervised probation after release. In May, George pleaded guilty to...

Called a 'monster,' former West Fargo principal sentenced for child sex abuse

FARGO — A federal judge has sentenced a former West Fargo elementary school principal to 40 years in prison for child sex abuse crimes, but not before suggesting a life sentence would be "sufficient." North Dakota U.S. District Court Judge Peter Welte handed down the punishment Monday, Sept. 8, to 41-year-old David Preston George. The former Independence Elementary School principal pleaded guilty to transportation of a minor from North Dakota to…

Former West Fargo Principal sentenced to 40 years in child sex abuse case

A former principal in the West Fargo School who had pleaded guilty to three federal charges related to child sex abuse, has been sentenced.