Sex offender status at Fort Berthold reviewed

NEW TOWN, N.D.—A joint law enforcement operation to check on sex offenders on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation found nearly 20 percent of offenders may be in violation of registration laws, the U.S. Marshal Service said.

Deputy U.S. marshals teamed up with Three Affiliated Tribes police and the tribal sex offender registry officer on Thursday and Friday to conduct a first-ever sex offender compliance check at Fort Berthold.

The reservation in the heart of the Bakken oilfields has seen an increase in non-tribal members who are registered sex offenders due to the increase in transient workers to the area, said Dan Orr, chief deputy U.S. marshal.

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