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St. Croix Catholic School

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Also Facing Fridley Solicitation Charge: Stillwater Private School Official

Thomas Allen Houle, a board member at St. Croix Catholic School, was caught up in the same Fridley Police Department prostitution detail at LivInn Hotel that snared Hill-Murray coach Mark Mauer.

The Fridley Police Department's undercover prostitution detail on Feb. 19 at the LivInn Hotel resulted in the arrests of 19 men—including one with a leadership position at a private school in Stillwater. A member of St. Croix Catholic School’s Board of Directors was arrested during a prostitution sting on Feb. 19 for allegedly soliciting sex from an undercover police officer. Thomas Allen Houle, 46, of Stillwater, was one of 19 men charged with misdemeanors on the second day of a two-day police operation. The case remains under investigation. Stillwater Patch brought Houle's case to light Thursday, less than a week after Fridley Patch identified another of the arrested men as Mark Mauer, head football coach at another private east metro …

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