FL man accused of sex with 13-year-old

Court proceedings continue for a man accused of having sex with a 13-year-old Forest Lake girl.
Nicholas Scott Nehring, 33, of Forest Lake, had his first appearance Jan. 20 for charges of third-degree criminal sexual conduct and distributing electronic communication relating to sexual conduct to a child. His criminal complaint was amended Feb. 22, and his next hearing is scheduled for May 24, according to the Minnesota court website.broadstreet.zone(48036);
According to court records, on Nov. 11, 2016, Forest Lake police were notified that the parents of a 13-year-old city resident had found pornography on the girl’s phone, including nude photos she had sent of herself to an adult and nude photos sent by the adult to her. Investigators allegedly identified one of the offending phone numbers with Nehring and found associated with that phone number conversations about sex, a photo of male genitals, a man wearing a clown costume (later allegedly identified

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Council protests continue

Around 70 people gathered the evening March 27 on the edge of U.S. Highway 61, at the entrance to the Forest Lake City Center parking lot, to protest the city’s request for a proposal for contract law enforcement from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. During the subsequent City Council meeting inside the center, well over 100 people attended, with many, some angrily, asking the council to halt the process and stick with the Forest Lake Police Department (one resident, Ron Schaffer, encouraged the council to continue the request process). Nothing related to the request was on the council’s agenda, and the council did not comment on the issue.

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