A Sauk Rapids police officer is on unpaid leaving following accusations he sexually assaulted a child more than a decade ago.
Andrew E. Jensen, 33, of St. Cloud was hired by the Sauk Rapids Police Department in December 2023 and was placed on leave this past December, Police Chief Perry Beise said.
In March, Jensen was charged in Morrison County District Court with one felony count of second-degree criminal sexual conduct.
According to the criminal complaint, late last year law enforcement received a report of abuse that occurred in Morrison County between 2007 and 2008.
Special agents with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension met with the victim, who said she was sexually assaulted by Jensen when she was about 6 or 7 years old and Jensen was about 16 or 17.
The complaint states Jensen admitted abusing the girl “multiple times … over a time period of six months to a year.”
Jensen’s next court hearing is scheduled for May 19.
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