Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Court dates also set for Schaack, Fleetwood and Erman
Clark Baker of Ft. Totten, the man accused of burglarizing a storage container in Sheyenne, has been taken into custody.
In the late evening hours of Thursday, Jan. 26, Baker allegedly grabbed a metal bar and used it to break the lock on a storage container in Sheyenne, before rummaging through unlocked cars nearby.
According to court documents, the whole thing was caught on a security camera at Route 281. A warrant for Baker’s arrest was issued on Feb. 1, and he was apprehended on Thursday, Feb. 23, after nearly three weeks on the run.
During a bond hearing on Feb. 23, Baker’s bond was set at $5,000 cash or surety, and as of press time he was still being held at the Lake Region Law Enforcement Center in Devils Lake.
Baker is not believed to have stolen anything from the storage container or vehicles, which are owned by Route 281 owner, Jake Perleberg. Baker is also facing multiple charges of theft from Ramsey County.
Since 1998, Baker has built up quite the rap sheet. He’s amassed nearly four dozen charges in North Dakota, ranging from theft of property and shoplifting to simple assault and drug possession.
Meanwhile, the case against Diana Schaack of New Rockford and Deborah Fleetwood of Carrington, who are accused of attempting to smuggle suboxone into the N.D. State Penitentiary in Bismarck, is still ongoing.
Initially, both Schaack and Fleetwood pleaded not guilty to the charge of prohibited acts A/controlled substances, a Class B felony, and Schaack also pleaded not guilty to an additional charge of unlawful possession of a controlled substance, a Class A misdemeanor.
However, a change of plea hearing for Schaack has been scheduled for March 8 at 9 a.m., and the felony jury trial that had been scheduled is now canceled.
The felony jury trial for Fleetwood is scheduled for Tuesday, May 2.
A felony jury trial is also scheduled for Jeffrey Erman, the Eddy County landowner whose interaction with a group of hunters went viral on social media.
Erman has pleaded not guilty to the charges of trading in special influence, a Class A misdemeanor, as well as disorderly conduct and interference with rights of hunters, both Class B misdemeanors.
His court trial is currently scheduled for Thursday, April 6.
The only hunter to be charged following the viral altercation, which has amassed nearly three million views on YouTube, pleaded guilty to criminal trespass on Dec. 30, 2022 and made to give $200 to the N.D. Game and Fish Department’s Report All Poachers Program.
