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Monday, November 10, 2025

Man Reported for 1st Degree Child Molesting gets Charge Dropped

Over 4 years ago a family reported their two young children were molested by Davyd Michael Bryan Delving-Thompson of Newport. In the criminal complaint, the victims met the accused through a craigslist ad he posted requesting child photoshoot models. The victims said they went to his home and things started out as a normal photo shoot. Then later, Davyd asked the children to shoot some pictures on his bedroom, apparently separated from the guardian. There he was reported to have touched one child under the underwear and pants in the crotch while rubbing his own private parts. The other child reported they were touched outside the clothing in the private areas. The children became scared and the photoshoot ended it sounded like. Police were called and conducted a search warrant where they discovered 37 unrelated different children in various child porn photos he downloaded. The photos were discovered to be known child porn photos on police databases for missing and exploited children. Davyd was charged with Criminal Sexual Conduct-1st Degree-Penetration or Contact with Person Under 13 and several counts of possessing
child porn.

While tragic for the children and guardians to have this reportedly happen, what's also tragic is he had the first degree child molesting charge dropped. This appeared to happen in exchange for a guilty plea on 4 charges of possessing child porn. It took 4 years to get a conviction of just possessing child porn. He gets just 241 days in jail, 5 years probation, and a $137 fee. He could be serving up to 10+ years if the prosecutors didn't drop the charge.

This happens over and over in Washington County where prosecutors appear to be capable of charging a child rapist with 1st or 2nd degree child rape, but only charge with 3rd degree or worse drop the charges. What's worse is Minnesota law has very weak sentences. Even if he was charged and convicted of first degree child rape he would have likely only got 5 to 10 years in jail.  According to a public safety tool by the nationally active child advocacy group Protect.org, Washington County ranks last in the metro and 50th in the state for strength of prosecution of child exploitation according to the non-partisan site. See the detailed data, for over ten years, the safety tool shows about any of the 87 counties in MN at https://protect.org/safetytool/      

See some of the many cases in the last several years of those convicted of supposedly harsh 1st or 2nd degree rape from Washington County:


In Minnesota, law makers and prosecutors believe child rapists can be "rehabilitated," do not need to be monitored, and can become good members of society. The evidence is the fact only several hundred of the over 20,000 convicted rapists in Minnesota are confined in prison. Most only do a couple years and then are released without further monitoring. More information here:

If you hope to see any law change, continue to contact law makers.

It's clear that just because a child rapist is charged or convicted, doesn't mean justice will be served after sentencing if convicted. Therefore, if the punishment for ALL criminal sexual conduct crimes is raised than weak charges and convictions will be stronger. With the raised bar there won't be a thing as an outrageous plea deal to lesser rape charges or a weak sentence.

Tell legislators to also make the sex offender list public like nearly every other State in the Country does. All but MN, DC, and Maine have public lists. Maine only has 2,700 sex offenders in their state though. Compared to over 20,000 in MN. 

  

DATE: 9/22/2025 

DEFENDANT: Davyd Micheal Bryan Delving-Thompson 

DOB: 1/28/1963 

CITY/RESIDENCE: Newport, MN 

AGENCY: Washington County Sheriff's Office 

JUDGE: Siv Mjanger 

COURT NUMBER: 82-CR-22-1301 

CONVICTION: Possess Pornographic Work-Computer/Disk/Electronic/Magnetic/Optical Image w/Porn 

STATE REQUEST: Stay of Execution; 5 years of probation. 

SENTENCE: Count 1: Dismissed. Counts 2, 3, 4, and 5: Stay of Execution; 5 years of probation; 241 days jail with 103 days credited; $137 fine with surcharge and fees payable within 6 months; complete cognitive skills evaluation; follow all standard terms of probation

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