Minnesota dismisses sexual assault case against former youth pastor
“It was not an issue of did it happen, it was an issue of did it happen before she turned 18,” Crow Wing County Assistant Attorney said of the charges and the dismissal of the case. 4:00 pm, Jan. 28, 2021 ×
Lake Region Christian School and First Baptist Church in Baxter. Jennifer Kraus / Brainerd Dispatch
BRAINERD, Minn. The case against a former Minnesota youth pastor accused of sexually assaulting a student at Lake Region Christian School in Baxter, Minn., more than 30 years ago has been dismissed.
Todd Travis Hogue, 60, was charged almost a year ago on Jan. 27, 2020, in Crow Wing County District Court on two felony counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct.
The nature and background of the relationship of the parties,
The balance of harms between the parties,
The likelihood of success on the merits,
Public policy,
Administrative burdens in the supervision and enforcement of the injunction.
The union stated all five of these factors weigh in favor of injunction. The city stated the union is not entitled to the remedy of injunction relief stating they failed to show the former union members “cannot be made whole through an award of monetary damages.”
The court looked at each of the five factors, to come up with the order to deny the request for injunctive relief.
The nature and background of the relationship of the parties,
The balance of harms between the parties,
The likelihood of success on the merits,
Public policy,
Administrative burdens in the supervision and enforcement of the injunction.
The union stated all five of these factors weigh in favor of injunction. The city stated the union is not entitled to the remedy of injunction relief stating they failed to show the former union members “cannot be made whole through an award of monetary damages.”
The court looked at each of the five factors, to come up with the order to deny the request for injunctive relief.
Pizza delivery driver says Baxter man struck him in face
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The man was charged Friday, Jan. 8, in Crow Wing County District Court in Brainerd with gross misdemeanor obstructing the legal process and two misdemeanor charges of fifth-degree assault and tampering with a vehicle.
The Baxter Police Department was called at 4:44 p.m. Wednesday to a disturbance on the 6400 block of Atwater Road in Baxter. The delivery driver told police he was delivering a pizza at a house on the road, walked to the front door and heard loud music and yelling. After knocking, the suspect came out and tried to take the bag with pizza before paying. The delivery driver told the man he needed to pay first and the man became upset and started ma
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The Crow Wing County Judicial Center is off Laurel Street in Brainerd.
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Troy Arthur Petersen was charged Monday, Dec. 28, in Crow Wing County District Court in Brainerd with felony domestic assault by strangulation and gross misdemeanor domestic assault.
Brainerd police were asked to call the victim at 7:35 p.m. on Christmas Day regarding a domestic disturbance at a residence in Brainerd that occurred at 5:45 p.m.