FARGO (KFGO KVRR) – The final suspect in a fatal stabbing in downtown Fargo last October has been sentenced to time served and 18 months probation.
29-year-old Joseph Poitra was charged with accomplice to murder but a plea deal dropped the charge to reckless endangerment. He was released after being behind bars since November, serving 192 days.
On May 2nd, 39-year-old George Ortiz was sentenced to 55 years in prison for killing 33-year-old Phillip Bergquist. Ortiz filed a notice that he will appeal that sentence with the North Dakota Supreme Court on Tuesday.
A third suspect, 25-year-old David Reyneros Jr., was sentenced last week to time served for witness tampering.
Bergquist was the grandson of long-time Fargo TV weatherman Dewey Bergquist and had just moved to Fargo from Wisconsin.
