FAITH DIXON
FARGO (KVRR/KFGO) – A plea agreement is in the works for a Fargo activist accused of misappropriating money she received after applying for grants from the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction.
According to court documents, a joint request for a change of plea and a sentencing was filed in South Central District Court in Bismarck.
A change of plea hearing has been scheduled Oct. 20 for Faith Dixon.
Terms of the agreement were not immediately disclosed. Messages seeking comment from Dixon’s attorney and Attorney General Drew Wrigley were not immediately returned.
Dixon is charged with five counts of felony theft of property. Prosecutors accuse her of applying for grants totaling more than $1,548,228 and receiving about $350,000.
Court documents say the grant application claimed the money would be used to provide middle school and high school students with free after-school programs and “habits needed to help them succeed in school and life.”
Dixon’s husband, Charles Dixon, was also charged in connection with the case.
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