By Associated Press - Monday, November 5, 2018

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) - A former northwestern North Dakota law officer accused of having sex with a teenage boy has been convicted of felony corruption or solicitation of a minor.

Bryton Dahl served as a Williston police officer and a McKenzie County Sheriff’s deputy. He was charged in August 2017 and convicted at trial last week.

Dahl was accused of having a sex with the boy more than once while working for both law enforcement agencies. The boy was 16 and Dahl 22 at the time.

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Dahl faces up to five years in prison. Sentencing was not immediately scheduled.

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