Fifth child accuses former deputy of molestation
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. - Authorities here have charged a former Mille Lacs County deputy with two new felony counts of molesting a child, the fifth child he is charged with sexually abusing.
Aaron Joseph Heuer, of Isle, was charged Monday in Otter Tail County District Court with one count of first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a person under 13, and one count of second-degree criminal sexual conduct with a person under 13.
Jill Oliveira, spokeswoman for the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, said the alleged incidents happened in May and June 2009 with a boy who was then 9 years old, both at Heuer's home and at Lutheran Island Camp in Henning in Otter Tail County.
According to court documents filed with the charges, the boy's mother, who is a friend of Heuer's, saw a TV news report about the prior child sex charges filed against Heuer. She asked her son if anything had happened during their time together.
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He responded, "What do you think, the same thing that happened to the other kids."
In July, Heuer was charged with molesting four boys ages 8 to 10 when he was volunteering at the camp in Henning and two of the boys on a separate fishing trip in Aitkin County.
