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Cass CountyCommunity NotificationDustin Gene AyresLevel 3

Dustin Ayres Is a Level 3 Predatory Offender. He's Moved Twice Inside Cass County in Under a Year.

The Cass County Sheriff's Office issued a Risk Level 3 community notification after Dustin Gene Ayres relocated to Northwest Sylvan Township, rural Pillager, on June 4, 2026 — his second Cass County relocation in about ten months. A full review of his court history across four counties shows two registration-violation felonies, a 2006 Isanti County sex-offense conviction, a Benton County case where the sex charge was dismissed and he was convicted only of burglary, and — based on a direct reading of Minnesota's registration statute — a strong likelihood that Ayres is a lifetime registrant, not someone on a fixed term.

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Jul 17, 2026
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Jul 20, 2026
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BurnsvilleCommunity NotificationEdgar Earl LenearLevel 3

A Level 3 Offender Moved to Burnsville. The Notice Left Out His Murder Conviction.

Edgar Earl Lenear's public notice mentions a 2003 sex crime. It skips the murder conviction, the burglary, and two more felonies for blowing off his own registration — the second of which is actually why he's out of prison right now.

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Jul 15, 2026
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Jul 20, 2026
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Eagan, MN Federal Agent Sentenced to 7 Years for Producing Child Sexual Abuse Material

A Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent and FBI Task Force Officer used his government email to book hotel rooms where he met a 17-year-old he found on Tinder. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to seven years.

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Jul 14, 2026
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Jul 20, 2026
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Christopher John ChadEducational InstitutionSex offenderSt. Louis County

Two Cases, One School System: The Unanswered Questions Around Former Rock Ridge Administrator Christopher Chad

A Minnesota court complaint accuses a longtime Iron Range educator of sexually assaulting a student years before a separate Georgia child-exploitation case led to his arrest.

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Jul 12, 2026
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Jul 20, 2026
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Nathan Johnson Collected Civic Honors as a Pine City Historian. The Public Was Never Told He's a Convicted Sex Offender.

Nathan Lawrence Johnson pleaded guilty in 2017 to felony criminal sexual conduct involving a minor and was ordered to register as a predatory offender.

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Jul 10, 2026
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Jul 20, 2026
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A Convicted Sex Offender Became the Public Face of Pine City Pride's History While Still Under Court Supervision. Nobody Asked Why.

He was still under court supervision for a sex crime against a minor when the press made him the face of Pine City Pride. Why did nobody ask?

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Jun 27, 2026
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Jul 20, 2026
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