ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A judge on Monday blocked the release of a former Minnesota state senator charged with soliciting a minor, after prosecutors leveled fresh allegations that he tried to obstruct the FBI’s investigation from jail. U.S. Magistrate Judge Shannon Elkins ruled that Justin Eichorn should remain jailed instead of being released to a halfway house on Tuesday…
Justin Eichorn, of Grand RapidsST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota state senator who was caught in a sting operation was charged with soliciting a minor for prostitution Wednesday, a day after his fellow Republicans called on him to resign. GOP Sen. Justin Eichorn, 40, of Grand Rapids, was arrested in Bloomington on Monday in an undercover operation targeting commercial sex involving…
David GeorgeFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Cass County prosecutors file more felony charges against a former West Fargo elementary principal who was arrested for child porn. They have added charges of gross sexual imposition with a victim under 15 and solicitation of a minor against David George. The school district put out a statement saying the charges are not related to…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Fargo man is sentenced in Cass County District Court for sexually abusing a minor. The judge gave 49-year-old Marc Leslie 20 years in prison for gross sexual imposition with a victim under 15 and 5 years for solicitation of a minor victim under 15. The terms will be served concurrently and he’ll be eligible for…
STEARNS COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — An Elk River man who pleaded guilty after getting caught in a solicitation of a child sting out of Stearns County has been sentenced. 45-year-old Kyle Barton is sentenced to 10 days in jail and five years probation. He received credit for four days already served. Barton pleaded guilty to a felony charge of engaging…
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (KFGO) – A former substitute teacher and coach for Valley City Public Schools has been given 270-day jail sentence after pleading guilty to luring minors by computer and attempted solicitation of a minor. The felony charges against 64 year-old Davy Zinke were reduced to a misdemeanor. Zinke was fined $5000 and ordered to register as a sex…
DILWORTH, Minn. — Police track down and arrest a man for making obscene comments to children. 30-year-old Paul Brown of Fargo was located in Dilworth on Friday and arrested for Solicitation of a Minor. Officers responded to a report of suspicious activity that occurred in the 10 block of 32nd Avenue North in Fargo on Thursday. They were told that…
James VanRadenMOORHEAD, Minn. — Disturbing details are coming out about a business owner living in Moorhead who allegedly offered to pay money to “deflower” a 10-year-old girl. James VanRaden was unknowingly chatting with a West Fargo Police detective after answering a Craigslist ad for a tutor last December. The conversation moved to texts on WhatsApp and the detective says VanRaden…
