BISMARCK, N.D. — U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer‘s 42-year-old son is facing additional charges in connection with the pursuit and crash that killed a North Dakota sheriff’s deputy this month.
Ian Cramer, who’s in jail, is now additionally accused of theft, legal mischief and reckless endangerment for allegedly taking a household automobile and driving by means of a closed storage door of a Bismarck hospital’s ambulance bay. The new fees have been filed Tuesday.
He was beforehand charged in Mercer County with murder, reckless endangerment, stopping arrest and drug possession, amongst different counts, in reference to the Dec. 6 pursuit and crash. A state district courtroom choose set a $500,000 money bond on these fees, and Cramer is about for a Feb. 7 preliminary listening to on them.
Cramer‘s attorney did not immediately respond to a phone message seeking comment on the new charges. He has not entered any pleas yet.
Charging documents say Ian Cramer‘s mother was taking him to the police department to deal with a traffic citation when his “actions and comments became concerning enough” that she took him to an emergency room. After she left the vehicle, he got into the driver’s seat and reversed the Chevrolet Tahoe by means of the ambulance bay’s storage door at excessive velocity, in line with courtroom paperwork.
Authorities say he later fled from deputies who noticed him in Hazen, about 70 miles (110 kilometers) northwest of Bismarck.
Cramer hit speeds of 100 mph (160 kph) and saved going even after a spiked gadget flattened two tires, in line with courtroom paperwork. More spikes have been arrange, and he swerved and crashed head-on into Mercer County Sheriff’s Deputy Paul Martin ’s squad automotive, launching him about 100 ft (30 meters) and killing him, authorities mentioned.
Sen. Cramer mentioned in a press release earlier this month that his son has “serious mental disorders which manifest in severe paranoia and hallucinations.”
