Dakota Smith, a 29-year-old contractor from Saratoga Springs, has been sentenced to a term of 3 to 6 years in state prison following his conviction for grand larceny in the second degree.

in 2022 and in 2023 near Ray, North Dakota. U.S. District Judge Daniel Traynor sentenced Smith to two consecutive 12 ½-year terms, far above federal sentencing guidelines that recommended 3 ½ to ...

Ten months later, in May 2023, Mr. Smith again used a Bushmaster rifle to shoot at the Wheelock electric substation near Ray, in northwest North Dakota, causing about $1.2 million in damage ...