New charges filed against local contractor previously convicted of construction fraud

A contractor beforehand convicted of a slate of enchancment fraud-associated costs in Grand Forks has been charged with A mannequin new rely of enchancment fraud and theft.

Nicholas James Morgan-DeRosier, 34, of Fargo, has been issued a courtroom summons To seem in a Grand Forks courtroomroom on Wednesday, Oct. 27. He has been charged with one rely of enchancment fraud and one rely of theft between $1,000 and $10,000.

Based mostly on courtroom paperwork, a Grand Forks resident informationrmed native police that a $265 look at she had written to Group Backyard and Panorama in November 2018 Appeared to have had the date modified and her preliminarys apparently written subsequent to the modified date with out her information.

The look at was cashed to Group Panoramas, operated by DeRosier, on Nov. 27, 2019, in accordance to police. The look at additionally Appeared to be endorsed by DeRosier.

In August, DeRosier pleaded responsible to comparable costs of issuing a look at And by no means using an acrely and disobeying a judicial order that prohibited him from conducting enterprise Inside the state of North Dakota. Further costs of contracting And by no means using a license and forgery have been dismissed as An factor of a plea settlement.

DeRosier May even be presently dealing with lively costs of 10 relys of possession Of baby pornography. He is scheduled To seem for a final dispositional convention in that case on Dec. 30.

DeRosier is scheduled to make an preliminary look Inside The enchancment fraud case on Wednesday, Oct. 27.