JAMESTOWN, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – An investigation into sexual assault allegations against Jamestown Mayor Dwaine Heinrich have found insufficient evidence to warrant a criminal prosecution.
In documents released by Stutsman County State’s Attorney Fritz Fremgen, reports and surveillance video were unable to clearly give any indication of the incident between Mayor Heinrich and the accuser.
In the report, the incident occurred on January 29th when the caller approached Heinrich and asked why taxes were so high. The Mayor was also accused of collecting petition signatures, which Heinrich said in reports he had brought a petition for his friend to sign and did not ask anyone else.
Following a discussion, Heinrich stated “this conversation is over” and attempted to fold his business card and give to the caller. On the second or third try, Heinrich managed to put the business card in the caller’s pocket. This led to the caller claiming Heinrich had grabbed their breast, but clarified in a report to police that he did not mean to touch the caller’s breast and was just trying to keep the card from falling out of their pocket.
“I did not see anything in the surveillance video that corroborates [the] claim the caller was touched on the breast or a witness claim that Heinrich pushed the caller,” the report states.
It was determined that the facts of the incident don’t constitute sexual assault or disorderly conduct.