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Ian Cramer pleads not guilty

By Jim Johnson Apr 17, 2024 | 11:27 AM

This undated photo provided by the Mercer County, N.D., Sheriff’s Office shows Sheriff’s Deputy Paul Martin with his retired K9 Goliath, who died in 2019. Martin, 53, died Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in a crash involving Ian Cramer, the 42-year-old son of Republican U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer of North Dakota. (Mercer County Sheriff’s Office via AP)

(AP) – The adult son of U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer has pleaded not guilty to homicide and other charges in connection with a Dec. 6 crash that killed a North Dakota sheriff’s deputy.

Forty-three-year-old Ian Cramer waived his preliminary hearing Wednesday and entered his not guilty plea to felony charges of homicide while fleeing a peace officer, preventing arrest, reckless endangerment and fleeing an officer, as well as misdemeanor drug charges and other low-level offenses.

A jury trial is scheduled for July.

Cramer was initially charged with manslaughter in connection with Deputy Paul Martin’s death, which was subsequently upgraded.

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