Minnesota State Police say he was a Republican state senator. I caught it With stab wound surgery, including attempts to solicit minors for sex.
The Bloomington Police Department said a secret agent pretending to be a 16-year-old girl was proposed by 40-year-old state senator Justin Aichon of Grand Rapids. Aichon is said to have agreed to meet someone she believed to be a female minor on Monday.
“Justin has a difficult path and he needs to focus on his family.”
Acorn was later arrested. arrival It was booked at the Bloomington Police Station prison at the arranged location on Normandale Avenue in Pickup. Police said felony charges of soliciting minors to practice prostitution are pending against him.
“As a 40-year-old man, if you come… you're about to have sex with someone's child, we can expect you to lock you up,” said Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges.
“I have always argued for stiffer penalties for these types of crimes,” he added. “We need the state legislature to take this incident and this type of conduct more seriously.”
A Minnesota Senate Republican called for Acorn to step down after a heinous allegation.
“We are shocked by these reports and this alleged conduct calls for an immediate resignation,” the statement read. “Justin has a difficult path and needs to focus on his family.”
Acorn was a state senator for nine years. He made the headline when he proposed a law to make “Trump Mad Syndrome” mentally ill. He is married to four children.
You can watch the Acorn video WCCO-TV News Report On YouTube.
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