Earlier this week, a family doctor who practiced at the Iron Range Clinic in Eveleth admitted in court to sexually assaulting a patient.
Dr. Edmund William Draper, 73, pleaded guilty to a gross-misdemeanor count of fifth-degree sexual conduct during a hearing at the St. Louis County District Court in Virginia on Monday.
Draper, of Biwabik Township, had been charged in April 2019 with the misdemeanor count and a felony charge of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct which carried a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison if convicted.
But the doctor, who has not practiced since August 2019, has since entered a plea deal that calls on him to surrender his medical license in exchange for not serving time in jail, as first reported by the Duluth News Tribune. He will receive a stay of adjudication, which keeps his record clean of a conviction if he follows conditions.
A Marble man has admitted that he was high when he crashed his SUV into another vehicle on Highway 5 in November 2020, a head-on collision that killed 39-year-old Franklin D. Rice of Hibbing.
Thomas Michael Gilley, 27, pleaded guilty Monday in St. Louis County District Court to one felony count of criminal vehicular homicide. Minnesota statutes show that he faces a maxim of 10 years in prison if convicted.
Gilley had initially been charged with two of the felony counts, but he entered a plea deal which dropped one and called on prosecutors to seek a sentence that aligns with the state guidelines, as first reported by the Star Tribune.
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New child sex assault charges have been filed against a Superior gymnastics coach, this time in St. Louis County.
George Francis Deppa, 47, faces two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct in St. Louis County District Court. The charges were filed May 21, according to an extradition warrant filed in the Douglas County Clerk of Courts Office on Wednesday, June 2.
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Deppa, 47, remained in custody at the Douglas County Jail on Friday, June 4. He faces three counts of second-degree sexual assault of a child and one count of exposing genitals in Douglas County.