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Sister of Oscar Pistorius Aimee Pistorius, center, attends his murder trial as chief prosecutor Gerrie Nel questions Oscar Pistorius in court in Pretoria, South Africa, Monday, April 14, 2014. Pistorius who is charged with the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day in 2013, is being cross-examined at his trial for the fourth day by Nel. (AP Photo/Kim Ludbrook, Pool)
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State prosecutor Gerrie Nel questions Oscar Pistorius in court in Pretoria, South Africa, Monday, April 14, 2014. Pistorius who is charged with the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day in 2013, is being cross-examined at his murder trial for the fourth day by Nel. (AP Photo/Kim Ludbrook, Pool)
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Oscar Pistorius, right, accompanied by relatives arrives at the high court in Pretoria, South Africa, Monday, April 14, 2014. Pistorius is charged with murder for the shooting death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, on Valentines Day in 2013. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
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Williams County, N.D. Sheriff Scott Busching sits at his desk in Williston, N.D. on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. Busching says the new county jail, which he oversees, is already overcrowded, with much of the crime tied to alcohol abuse and illegal drugs. He attributes the increase in crime to the growing population brought in by the latest oil boom in the region known as the Baaken, which includes northwest North Dakota and northeastern Montana. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine)
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Timothy Purdon, the U.S. attorney for North Dakota, talks in his office in Bismarck, N.D. on Monday, Feb. 24, 2014 about the drug cases he and his staff have handled. Purdon says the sale and use of illegal drugs, much of it tied to the latest oil boom and the money made from it, is one of the state's most pressing problems. Methamphetamine and heroin brought in by motorcycle gangs, cartels and other out-of-state groups, particularly from the West Coast, are presenting big challenges, he says. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine)
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An officer guides a handcuffed man into a police car in Williston, N.D. on Friday, Feb. 28, 2014. Officials at local law enforcement agencies throughout the region say a marked increase in population from the oil boom is stretching their resources. They also say crime, including drug trafficking, is up. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine)
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A trailer sits in the backyard of a home in Williston, N.D., on Friday, Feb. 28, 2014. Federal prosecutors say the area outside the home, including this intersection and trailers in the backyard, was the site of an August 2012 drug-related assault planned by a ring known as "The Family." During the incident, prosecutors say group members beat another member of the group they thought might become a police informant. He was left for dead in a Montana field, but wound up in a North Dakota hospital, telling the FBI his story. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine)
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This combination of undated images provided by the Williams County, N.D. Sheriff's Office in March 2014 shows, from left, Brian Dahl, also known as "Kodiak;" Jeffrey Jim Butler, also known as "Pops," and James Odeneal at the Williams County jail in Williston, N.D. Prosecutors say they are members of a Williston-based drug ring who called themselves "The Family" which federal prosecutors say distributed methamphetamine in northwestern North Dakota. (AP Photo/Williams County, N.D. Sheriff's Office)
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A patron walks into a bar in Alexander, N.D. on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014. The Baaken region, which includes northwest North Dakota, is known for its nightlife and drinking scene. Law enforcement officials say the region has had a growing crime problem, much of it related to drug and alcohol abuse. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine)
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Members of the ATF and FBI search a house belonging to Fraiser Glenn Cross, also known as Frazier Glenn Miller, near Marionville, Mo., The Lawrence County Mo. sheriff and Missouri State Highway Patrol are also on the scene. (AP Photo/Springfield News-Leader, Nathan Papes)
