Man charged in death of father pleads guilty

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – A man from this city accused in the beating death of his father five years ago pleaded guilty on Monday.
Jeremy DeCoteau, 26, was charged in Jerome DeCoteau’s 2001 killing after a fight in October 2003 but was imprisoned in South Dakota for possession of burglary tools since June 2003.
He was released from prison earlier this year and extradited to Grand Forks to face a murder charge.
He is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 5.