Overview
- Justin Eichorn is due in federal court in St. Paul for a change-of-plea hearing where he is expected to plead guilty.
- A guilty plea would cancel a jury trial that had been set for next month and move the case toward sentencing.
- Court records do not yet show any plea deal terms, and the charge carries a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison.
- Prosecutors say he replied to an online prostitution ad, was told the person was 17, asked for photos, and set a meeting in Bloomington where officers arrested him.
- He first pleaded not guilty, lost bids to dismiss the case and suppress evidence, and saw county charges dropped when federal prosecutors took over, which the county called common practice.