Store owner accused of selling drugs

Published 9:32 am Wednesday, October 9, 2013

ST. CLOUD — A St. Cloud store owner is accused of selling illegal drugs at his place of business and of criminal sexual conduct with a teenage girl.

Police arrested the 44-year-old man this week after receiving information that he was selling prescription pain pills. Authorities say a 17-year-old girl and 1 1/2 -year-old child were present when investigators conducted a search warrant at the store.

Police say a DNA test was ordered and the store owner was found to be the father of the child who would have been conceived when the girl was 15.

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The man is being held in the Stearns County Jail.