solicitation of a child

The charges involve sexually explicit messages sent to a police officer posing online as a juvenile girl.

He was placed on probation following his conviction for a similar crime in south-central Minnesota.

The Maple Grove man was arrested when he arrived at a Rochester Park last fall.

Court documents indicate investigators identified nearly 170 victims locally and throughout the world.

Prosecutors have signaled that they will request consecutive prison sentences in the case.

The charges say he believed he was communicating with a 14-year-old girl.

He was previously convicted of a solicitation charge in Mower County and served a prison sentence.

Rochester police began investigating him after receiving a cyber tip.

The charges alleged that some of the sexual assaults occurred at Rochester parks.

He entered into a plea agreement in the case last month.

Investigation involved in an undercover officer posing online as a 14-year-old girl.

The 25-year-old man was charged in July after Rochester police investigated a cyber.

He is now accused of convincing a juvenile girl to send him sexually explicit videos.

The citizen conducting the investigation posed online as a 13-year-old girl.