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Pelican Rapids Man Pleads Guilty to Stearns County Child Sex Charges

By Dave Bishop Jul 11, 2023 | 10:00 AM

(St. Cloud, MN) — An Otter Tail County man is pleading guilty in a child sex sting investigation out of Stearns County.

Thirty-three-year-old Joshua Jansen of Pelican Rapids admitted to a felony charge of engaging in electronic communication relating to or describing sexual conduct with a child.

An undercover officer with the Central Minnesota Human Trafficking Task Force set up the profile of a teenage girl in an online chat room last July.

Court records show Jansen made contact and quickly initiated a sexual conversation.

He is also accused of sending explicit pictures and soliciting the girl for sex.

Jansen will be sentenced in September.