BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Federal prosecutors say police properly obtained evidence in an illegal weapons case against a North Dakota man who has been questioned in an alleged murder-for-hire scheme in Washington State.
Public defenders for James Henrikson have filed a motion to suppress evidence found in a safe in Henrikson’s Watford City residence. Henrikson is charged with being a felon in charge of a firearm.
Federal prosecutors say in court documents filed Tuesday that law enforcement had probable cause and were authorized by a signed warrant to seize any property.
Authorities say Henrikson had business dealings in the North Dakota oil patch with Doug Carlile, who was shot and killed by an intruder on Dec. 15 at his Spokane, Wash., home.
Henrikson was questioned by police and denied being involved in Carlile’s death.
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