Senator’s Son Sentenced to 28 Years for Killing North Dakota Deputy During Car Chase

Senator’s Son Sentenced to 28 Years for Killing North Dakota Deputy During Car Chase
Deputies lead Ian Cramer (C) out of a courtroom at the Mercer County Courthouse in Stanton, N.D., on Dec. 30, 2024, after his sentencing. Jack Dura/AP Photo
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STANTON, N.D.—The adult son of North Dakota Sen. Kevin Cramer was sentenced to serve 28 years in prison Monday in connection with a wild chase in which he fled from a hospital and drove into a deputy’s vehicle, killing the deputy.

Ian Cramer, 43, pleaded guilty in September to all of the charges against him, including homicide while fleeing a peace officer, preventing arrest, reckless endangerment, fleeing an officer and drug- and driving-related offenses. Those charges related to a Dec. 6, 2023, chase and crash that killed Mercer County Sheriff’s Deputy Paul Martin, 53.