On Monday, the son of Sen. Kevin Cramer, RN.D., was sentenced to 28 years in prison in connection with the death of a sheriff’s deputy during a law enforcement chase last year.
Ian Kramer, 43, pleaded guilty in September to nine charges, including murder, reckless endangerment and drug possession while fleeing a peace officer, following a pursuit last year that led to a crash and a crash that led to a crash in Paul. -Related to the death of Deputy Martin, 53 years old.
State District Judge Bobby Weiler, who handed down the sentence, said in court Monday that it was unlikely that Kramer would serve the full 28 years in prison, according to the Associated Press.
“These are not mandatory minimums, which means you will likely serve a small portion of 28 years and be eligible for parole,” Weiler said.
Mercer County’s state’s attorney and public defender were on Kramer’s list but did not immediately respond to requests for comment Monday night.
The North Dakota Highway Patrol said Martin was preparing to assemble a tire deflation device to end the pursuit when Kramer swerved and crashed into an unoccupied Mercer County Sheriff’s patrol vehicle. announced that he had died.
A spokeswoman for Mr. Cramer’s father, a Republican who was first elected to the Senate in 2018 after holding a House seat for several years, did not immediately respond to a request for comment Monday night.
Kramer said her son suffers from a “severe mental disorder that manifests as severe paranoia and hallucinations,” in a statement after his indictment last year.
