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The Rochester Police Department never forwarded evidence against a county deputy last year because the witness was considered unreliable. The deputy now faces felony charges for similar conduct.

Olmsted County Attorney Mark Ostrem has recused himself from the case and appointed Assistant Mower County Attorney Megan Burroughs to lead Adamson's prosecution.

Charges against Mathew Richard Adamson allege that he left his job at the Olmsted County Work Release Center to meet an undercover cop he thought was a teenage girl.

Police investigated allegations in 2022 that a deputy pursued sex with a minor. The county attorney's office says it never received a report from police.

Charges against Mathew Richard Adamson allege that he left his job at the Olmsted County Work Release Center to meet an undercover cop he thought was a teenage girl.

Charges against Mathew Richard Adamson allege that he left his job at the Olmsted County Work Release Center to meet an undercover cop he thought was a teenage girl.

Charges against Mathew Richard Adamson allege that he left his job at the Olmsted County Work Release Center to meet an undercover cop he thought was a teenage girl.

The case was being presented to the jury when the charge against the man was dropped.

A plea agreement was worked out just before his court trial was scheduled to begin Wednesday afternoon.

He'll have too surrender his passport if he manages to make bail.