Former state Sen. Ray Holmberg, center, arrives at the Quentin N. Burdick U.S. Courthouse in Fargo for a plea hearing in North Dakota U.S. District Court on Aug. 8, 2024.

Holmberg pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court on Aug. 8 to traveling from North Dakota to Prague, Czech Republic, "for the purpose of engaging in any illicit sexual contact" with a child.