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    September 14, 2017
    Top row (from left): Kyle Bracken, Kao Chang and Gary Infante. Bottom row (from left): Mark Kislowski and Mark Priorier. Photos courtesy Washington County Jail
    Five men accused of soliciting children for sex in Woodbury
    Five men have been arrested in Woodbury during a staged undercover operation targeting people who solicit children for sex Wednesday, Sept. 13....
    news/crime-and-courtsSeptember 14, 2017 - 10:06am
    September 6, 2017
    Shaun Maubach
    Maubach sentenced to 19 years on sex trafficking charges
    A Mahtomedi man faces an 18-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to felony sex trafficking charges involving at least two women. Shaun...
    news/crime-and-courtsSeptember 6, 2017 - 2:08pm
    August 25, 2017
    Blaine man admits to role in international sex trafficking operation
    A Blaine man accused of assisting a multistate sex trafficking ring out of suburban homes in the Twin Cities metro pleaded guilty to two felony...
    news/crime-and-courtsAugust 25, 2017 - 1:46pm
    August 22, 2017
    Ernest Dohbila
    Woodbury man gets two years of probation in minor sex sting
    A Woodbury man will serve two years in prison and three months community service after agreeing to pay for sex with a person he believed to be...
    news/crime-and-courtsAugust 22, 2017 - 8:45am
    August 2, 2017
    Lauren Martin, lead author of a recently released report on sex buying in Minnesota, discusses her team's findings Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2017 in Minneapolis. Robb Jeffries / Forum News Service
    New report surveys sex-buying habits in Minnesota. Level of demand shocks law enforcement.
    MINNEAPOLIS — Researchers have completed a unique study of sex trafficking in Minnesota that could set the stage to develop the country’s...
    newsAugust 2, 2017 - 11:14am
    July 14, 2017
    Tyree Jones
    Man sentenced to 8 years for sex trafficking in Washington County
    A Brooklyn Park man will serve eight years in prison for his role in trafficking two women for commercial sex at a Woodbury hotel. A Washington...
    news/crime-and-courtsJuly 14, 2017 - 12:31pm
    July 7, 2017
    Tyree Jones (Photo courtesy Washington County sheriff’s office)
    Jones pleads guilty to Woodbury sex trafficking charges
    One of two men accused of running a sex trafficking operation in Woodbury pleaded guilty to a felony charge of aiding and abetting in the sex...
    news/crime-and-courtsJuly 7, 2017 - 8:00am
    July 6, 2017
    Carlisle sentenced for trafficking minors
    A St. Paul man accused of trafficking two female minors for commercial sex in Washington County was sentenced to 10 years in prison Thursday,...
    news/crime-and-courtsJuly 6, 2017 - 2:56pm
    July 3, 2017
    Shaun Maubach
    Woodbury arrest leads to sex trafficking charges of Mahtomedi man
    A Mahtomedi man faces felony sex trafficking and prostitution-related charges after a Woodbury police investigation found more than a dozen commercial...
    news/crime-and-courtsJuly 3, 2017 - 1:22pm
    June 30, 2017
    Courtesy of Jerry Rice.
    Sex trafficking problem inspires Prescott author to finish 'Raven Avenging'
    Should a citizen ever take the law into their own hands? Gunnar "Raven" Ravendal grapples with the question after his niece is murdered by sex...
    community/eventsJune 30, 2017 - 9:38am
    June 23, 2017
    Accused sex trafficker faces additional charges in Hennepin County
    A man accused of running a nationwide sex trafficking operation out of the Twin Cities area faces four additional charges in Hennepin County...
    news/crime-and-courtsJune 23, 2017 - 1:52pm
    March 30, 2017
    Prosecutors: Sex trafficking ring spanned 29 states, reached Cottage Grove and other Twin Cities suburbs
    A Cottage Grove townhouse less than a half-mile from an elementary school served as a brothel where women were forced to make a minimum $800...
    news/crime-and-courtsMarch 30, 2017 - 11:36am
    March 8, 2017
    Wisconsin Veterinarian sentenced 4 years for labor, sex trafficking
    In Minnesota's first-ever labor trafficking conviction, a Balwin, Wis. veterinarian was sentenced to more than four years Wednesday for trafficking...
    news/crime-and-courtsMarch 8, 2017 - 2:26pm
    March 6, 2017
    Police report: Officer dispatches injured rabbit, underage girls admit drinking, close call with friend from Backpage.com
    Note: This is a sample of recent incidents involving the Woodbury police. All subjects are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
    news/crime-and-courtsMarch 6, 2017 - 2:12pm
    February 15, 2017
    The major crimes unit of the Washington County Attorney’s Office announced the hiring of program coordinator Jerry Wallerich (far right), senior legal assistant Pam Hughes (second from right) and law clerk Jessica Hockley (second from left). They’ll work with intern Erinn Valine, criminal analyst Aimee Schroeder, assistant Washington County attorney Imran Ali, and victim/witness coordinator Kathy Woxland (far left) investigating and prosecuting sex trafficking. (Submitted photo)
    Major crimes unit grows
    Washington County Three new employees will help the Washington County Attorney's Office fight sex trafficking. Jerry Wallerich, Pam Hughes and...
    news/crime-and-courtsFebruary 15, 2017 - 9:50am
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