The wife of a senator of Minnesota arrested for alleged request to ask a minor for prostitution has applied for a divorce while finding out bars.
Justin Eichorn, 40, was arrested in his car last week after he reportedly agreed to meet who he thought was a 17-year-old girl for sex.
Eichron's wife Brittany submitted a petition on Monday to dissolve the marriage in the ITASCA County Court after the devastating allegations.
A court initially granted him conditional release to a half -house, but that was withdrawn on Monday after officers of Justice had leveled new claims against the loss politician.
They claim that with a Grand Rapids woman arranged to pick up a computer and other items from the St. Paul apartment where he only lived during legislative sessions before the FBI could search the unit.
Public Prosecutors also argued that Eichorn had to be imprisoned because the SMS messages he had exchanged with an undercover officer who presented himself as a 17-year-old girl before his arrest showed his 'clear fame in asking for commercial sex from minors'.
“Eichorn's messages and behavior reveal an experienced operator,” wrote public prosecutors in their application to hold him.
“His pretrial release entails a real risk that he would try to make other minors in the community the victim.”
He is from Grand Rapids and shares four children with his wife Brittany (photo)
He now stays behind bars until at least Wednesday, when he is planned to appear again before a judge in a hearing.
The police of Bloomington said that a detective would meet the married father of four near the 8300-block of Normandale Boulevard.
He was observed in his pick -up – before he was arrested without incidents outside his vehicle by uniformed officers.
After his arrest, he was warned that his phone calls from prison were not and would be admitted.
Yet he and the unnamed woman would have organized himself to travel to his unity in an attempt to remove material that may have been interesting for the authorities.
“Eichorn's behavior proves the willingness to hide material facts from the court and to do this at the expense of public safety,” said prosecutors.
They said 'even more worrying … is the possibility that Eichorn Loog' to tidy up his apartment before the police could get there.
By the time the woman arrived at the apartment on Friday morning, FBI agents had already secured it with an order to look for evidence in the case against Eichorn.
Justin Eichron, 40, was caught on Monday by the investigators of Bloomington Police Department after they allegedly arrange to meet a teenage girl for sex
During their search, agents found a bag on the counter with $ 1,000 cash; a gun and ammunition; a laptop computer; an SD memory card; An iPhone and various business cards from Eichorn's Senate, said public prosecutors. They said the iPhone seemed to have been reset to its factory settings, which can erase all content on the device.
One of the conditions for the release of Eichorn in half a house was that he does not have firearms. Officers of Justice claim that he deliberately lied when he told a pretrial service officer after his first court last Thursday that he had no firearms in his apartment.
“If a 40-year-old man, if you come to the Orange Jumpsuit district, look for sex with someone's child, you can expect us to lock you up,” said Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges at the time of his arrest.
The legislator from Grand Rapids resigned after he was accused of attempted coercion and temptation of a minor to enter into prostitution, a crime with a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years.
Eichron is a Republican Senator who was first elected in 2016, according to his Senate Biography.
He had confronted both from his party and the Democrats with enormous pressure to resign after his arrest.
'We are shocked by these reports, and this alleged behavior requires immediate dismissal. Justin has a difficult road ahead and he has to concentrate on his family, “said the Republican Caucus of Minnesota Senate.
Republican leadership of the Staatshuis also called Eichron to resign after the news broke out of his arrest.
The Republican Caucus of the Senate of Minnesota quickly condemned his arrest and called Eichron to resign
Eichron is a Republican Senator who was chosen for the first time in 201
'Given the seriousness of the indictment, Senator Eichorn should resign. Although he is entitled to a decent process, we must keep legislators according to a higher standard, “they said.
Minnesota Democrats also condemned his actions and called him a danger to the public.
“Nobody who asks children is everywhere near the public office or the state capitol,” said Minnesota DFL executive director Heidi Kraus Kaplan.
'The facts presented by [police] Make it clear that Senator Eichorn is an immediate danger to the public and must resign immediately. '
“The crime accusation against Senator Eichorn is deeply disturbing and raises serious questions that must be answered by the court, as well as his caucus and voters,” read a statement from senate leader in Murphy.
