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A Minot man was sentenced Sept. 30 in North Central District Court on three counts of terrorizing with a dangerous weapon, Class C felonies.
Richard Allen Carothers III, 21, was sentenced on each count to five years with the North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, and must serve two years, on followed by three years of supervised probation. He also was ordered to enroll in an anger management class and have no contact with a complainant or the complainant's business and may not enter the premises of Minot Public Library or have contact with complainants in that case.
According to the court affidavit, Minot Police received a call about an individual threatening people with a knife at a southwest Minot location on May 4. The individual had left the location and entered Minot Public Library, where two individuals were threatened. The individual was located and detained at a local business and identified as Carothers.
He was charged with two counts of terrorizing with a dangerous weapon, to which he pleaded guilty on June 9. In addition to confinement, with credit for 149 days served, he was assessed $125 in court fees.
He previously had been charged with terrorizing with a dangerous weapon and menacing related to instances in May and June of 2025. According to the affidavit, a restaurant manager contacted police regarding Carothers threatening him with a knife outside the business and threatening customers coming to the restaurant.
Carothers had been sentenced to 201 days of time served and good time in the Ward County Jail for misdemeanor menacing on Feb. 26. A felony charge of terrorizing was reopened, and he was sentenced Sept. 30 to confinement with credit for 132 days served, along with $125 in court fees.