FARGO, N.D. — Calling it a “heartbreaking” case, Chief Judge Peter Welte sentenced Macalla “Kayla” Knott to 26 years and nine months in federal prison on Friday, Jan. 3, for her role at ...

"Obviously, she messed up... but she does not deserve to sit that much time," said Tanja Tilleskjor, mother of Macalla Knot. Friends and family of Knott, or "Calla," say she's not what you think ...

A St. Cloud woman has been sentenced to over 26 years in federal prison for her role in leading a drug trafficking ring from Mexico. Macalla Lee Knott, 32, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in ...

Friends, family and law enforcement crowded into the benches of the gallery of a federal courtroom Friday morning in Fargo for Macalla Knott's sentencing. Macalla Knott, in a green prison uniform ...

Macalla Knott, who moved to Mexico in March of 2020, received shipments of meth, cocaine and fentanyl from a cartel in Mexico, according to court documents. She then shipped them to distributors ...

A St. Cloud woman will serve a 26-year federal sentence for playing a major role in a Mexican drug operation that funneled large quantities of meth, cocaine and fentanyl into the Midwest.

Macalla Knott, 32, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Fargo, N.D., last week, having pleaded guilty nearly two years ago to conspiracy to possess, import into the United States and distribute ...

Her sentence followed the sentencing earlier this month of Macalla Knott, 32, of St. Cloud, who received a 26-year prison term for leading the operation. In April, a federal judge handed down a ...

St. Cloud's Macalla "Kayla" Knott was sentenced to 26 years in prison for her role in smuggling drugs and laundering money into the Midwest from Mexico. She is one of several people from central ...

Macalla Lee Knott, 32, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Fargo last week. She pleaded guilty nearly two years ago to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, money laundering ...