sexual assault

A warrant was issued for his arrest in April 2023 after he skipped a court hearing in the sexual assault case.

He was released from prison 5 years ago.

Court documents say he was previously required to register as a predatory offender.

His trial is scheduled to begin on Monday.

The Rushford man entered a guilty plea in the case in March.

Birth entered into a plea agreement in January about a week before he was scheduled to stand trial.

The victim told investigators the sexual assaults occurred at a home in Stewartville and another residence in Todd County.

The judge in the case ruled that investigators lacked sufficient probable cause to search his home.

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

A Stearns County jury has found a St. Cloud man guilty of raping a homeless woman he had hired as a housekeeper.