BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation is hiring nine new agents this fall and stationing many of them in the western oil patch, where crime is increasing.
 
     Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says two of the new agents will be based in Williston, working cases involving Internet crimes against children.
 
     Three of the agents will be based in Bismarck, two at a new field office to open in Watford City and one apiece in Dickinson and Jamestown.
 
     Five of the new agents are tentatively scheduled to begin work Nov. 16, with the other four starting Dec. 1. BCI Director Dallas Carlson says they’ll boost the 43 agents on staff, 39 of which are engaged in investigative work.