Public meeting planned as predatory offender moves to Bricelyn

Published 11:54 pm Friday, September 28, 2018

A public meeting is scheduled Tuesday after a high-risk predatory offender moved into Bricelyn Sept. 21.

Brian Michael Vorce

Brian Michael Vorce, 43, is described as white, 5 feet, 11 inches tall, 203 pounds with a fair skin tone, blonde or strawberry-colored hair and blue eyes.

The meeting is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Bricelyn Community Center, 309 N. Main St.

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Anyone with questions about Vorce locating to the community is advised to attend.

The Department of Corrections, Faribault County Attorney Kathryn Karjala-Curtis, Faribault County Sheriff Mike Gormley and Chief Deputy Scott Adams will answer questions.

According to the Minnesota Department of Corrections, Vorce engaged in sexual conduct and contact in 1996 and 1999 with girls ages 8, 13 and 14. Conduct included coercing a 13-year-old girl to remove her clothing and get into bed with him while he was naked. Contact included sexual touching and penetration with two victims. Some degree of intimidation and force was described as occurring in at least one instance.

Vorce was known to his victims.

He was convicted of third-degree criminal sexual conduct in 1997 and first-degree criminal sexual conduct in 1999.

Vorce is not being supervised. According to the Minnesota Department of Corrections, he has completed his prison sentence and supervised release period.

 

See what happened last night in the PM report here.

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