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Thursday, February 9, 2012

Prosecutors: Fridley Man Sexually Assaulted Girl

Attack occurred at home shared by several families, says complaint.

The Anoka County Attorney's Office has charged a Fridley man with sexual assaulting an 11-year-old girl at a home in Fridley last September, according to the St. Paul Pioneer Press. Aka Lawrence Fualefeh, 37, appeared in court Thursday to face a charge of first-degree criminal sexual assault in the alleged Sept. 25, 2011, incident, according to news reports. WCCO reported that several families from Cameroon lived at the home in the 1000 block of Norton Ave. NE, just north of Rice Creek Trail West Park. Online outlets of Cameroon news picked up the story in English and French. According to jail records, Fualefeh was arrested Wednesday and remained behind bars Friday morning with bail set at $40,000.

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Prosecutors Charge Columbia Heights Man with Groping Girl at Fridley Wal-Mart

Nathan Williams Charles Jones faces one count of second-degree criminal sexual conduct.

The Columbia Heights man arrested Friday for allegedly groping a girl at the Fridley Wal-Mart store was charged Tuesday with one count of criminal sexual conduct, according to media reports. Anoka County Attorney's Office filed a single charge of second-degree criminal sexual conduct against Nathan Williams Charles Jones, 29, Tuesday, according to KARE 11: Bail for Jones was set Tuesday at $175,000 without conditions, and $100,000 with the condition that Jones have no contact with the alleged victim, her family or any unsupervised contact with minors. Jones' next court date is Feb. 1. The criminal complaint claims that Jones "touched the buttocks of the young girl," according to KARE11. According to Minnesota Public Radio: The criminal …

Friday, December 30, 2011

Updated: Police Arrest Man in Fridley Wal-Mart Child-groping Case

Columbia Heights search led to arrest in Crystal.

Update (4 p.m.): The man arrested Friday in the Fridley Wal-mart child-groping case will not be charged until Tuesday, according to Cmdr. Paul Sommer of the Anoka County Sheriff's Office. Sommer said officers from his department arrested the Columbia Heights resident without incident at his place of employment in Crystal. According to the county website, he is now in the Anoka County jail. Original post (3:40 p.m.): Police arrested a 29-year-old Columbia Heights man Friday on suspicion of sexual assault against a child at the Fridley Wal-Mart store Monday. According to a statement from the Anoka County Sheriff's Office Friday afternoon: An arrest was made today ... in the sexual assault that took place at the Fridley Wal-Mart on 12-26-11. …

Kelli Dickinson

4:26 am on Saturday, January 21, 2012

My daughter let me know immediatley and we contacted the first store official we saw. i tryed to see over shelves for the guy by daughters discription. he was gone! we called the police we did everything we should have. We didn't know he was following us for the two hours we there. it was the day after Chrisrtmas and ther were alot of people there. I thought I was aware of my surroundings enough …   more ›

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