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Litigation wraps up against Buxton potato grower

By Jim Johnson Mar 12, 2024 | 3:17 PM

(KNOX) – A Buxton, North Dakota man will serve one year of supervised probation for concealing a material fact in a matter with the jurisdiction of the government of the United States.
Imposition of the sentence against Darren Wade Tronson resolves the final pending case related to him and his potato farming operation, which included three civil cases and one criminal case.
As part of the resolution of the four cases, Tronson will forgo a $272,365 crop insurance indemnity payment for 2019… pay $10,000 restitution to the United States in connection with the settlement of his 2017 and 2018 potato claims… be barred from participation in all federal programs for ten years, and serve one year of supervised probation.

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