Former MCSO Deputy charged with 44 felonies for possession of child pornography
Danielle Brothers
Special to The Farmer
Patrice Bumstead
Farmer Editor
Editors Note: The following article includes graphic information.
According to documents filed with the Northwest Judicial District, a warrant for the arrest of former MCSO Deputy, Daniel B. Christensen was issued on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024, stemming from an investigation that began in December 2023.
On Dec. 10, 2023, the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation received a Cybertip for an account with Synchronoss Technologies from the National Centers of Missing and Exploited Children.
Investigators received data back from Verizon Wireless reporting the Synchronoss account and phone number linked to it, belonged to Daniel Christensen on Dec. 20, 2023.
When law enforcement executed a search warrant of Christensen’s residence in Alexander, N.D., officers located over 40 files within Christensen’s Synchronoss account of Child Sexual Abuse Material.
The files within his Synchronoss account included images prepubescent youth between the ages of two and 12, photographed in sexually explicit positions. According to the affidavit filed, Christensen had also digitally manipulated multiple images, placing a specific juvenile females face within adult pornography and child sexual abuse materials.
A bond hearing was held on Thursday, Dec. 19. Christensen’s bond was set at $50,000 cash or corporate surety, and he posted bond on Dec. 20.
A preliminary hearing and/or arraignment has scheduled for Jan. 21, 2025.
This is a developing story and The Farmer will continue to update our readers as information becomes available.