Terry Steinwand was the Director of North Dakota Game and Fish, appointed to the position by three different Republican governors in the last fifteen years of his career. He was arrested on September 5, 2025, and charged with gross sexual imposition with a person under the age of fifteen.
A child told a counselor at Bismarck Children’s Advocacy Center that they had been touched by Steinwand, both over and under their clothing. Police from Mandan interviewed Steinwand and he claimed that he did it to calm the child down and that it was merely tickling. On a side note, has anyone ever heard of tickling as a calming technique?
He is out on $5,000 bond. A trial is scheduled for Feb. 17, 2026.
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September 9, 2025
