A registered sex offender man is in custody at the Williams County Jail after being charged Friday with multiple felony counts related to child sex abuse.
Daniel Jeff Bellard, 44, of Williston, was charged in Northwest District Court with continuous sexual abuse of a child, two counts of promoting obscenity to a minor and one count of failure to update his address or place of employment as a sex offender.
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According to the complaints filed Friday, between December and March, Bellard sexually abused and promoted material depicting sexual acts to two girls, ages 7 and 3.
If convicted on the continuous sexual abuse of a child charge, Bellard could receive up to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Bellard is a registered sex offender out of Louisiana, with child sex abuse charges in 2004 and 2009, according to the North Dakota sex offender registry. He is rated as a high risk to re-offend and has a lifetime registration requirement.
