Mankato -man sentenced to federal prison for sex crime | Local news

Mankato – A Mankato man was sentenced to two years in prison four years ago because he was convicted of a youthful woman during a visit to South Dakota for a youthful woman.

The 41 -year -old Ethan Schnitker was charged by a federal government in May 2023 and was guilty on March 13. He was convicted by the US district court of Roberto for a long time for two years in prison on June 30th, followed by five years of supervision.

Schnitker, who was 38 years old at the time of the attack, admitted that the crime took place on October 3, 2021 during a visit to Gregory County, where his parents-in-law had a home and run Lakota youth development in Milk's Camp in the Rosebud Sioux Indian Reserve.

In his admission declaration, Schnitker described driving with the victim in Milk's camp, in which Schnitker said he planned to do some construction work. At that time the in -laws were not in the residence.

When they arrived, Schnitker said that the victim went into the basement to watch a film. A for a while later Schnitker joined her, lay next to him on an air mattress, touched her, finally removed her clothes and dealt with her.

Three days later, the victim told the police what happened and provided them with the clothes that she was wearing. A DNA analysis combined Schnitker with the attack.

“I committed the crime described above with the intention of abusing the victim, humiliating, harassing and worsening and satisfying my sexual desire,” says Schnitker's declaration of admission. “I knew that my actions were illegal and I did them on purpose and voluntarily.”

This case was examined by the FBI and the Rosebud Sioux Tribe Law Enforcement Services, with the deputy US lawyer Wayne Venhuizen pursuing the case.

When announcing the judgment, the US lawyer Alison Ramsdell emphasized that Schnitker was responsible for the care of the victim at the time of attack and that sexual contact had taken place without the victim's permission.

Ramsdell said that the case was as part of the Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative, which was launched in 2006 by the Ministry of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of sexual exploitation and abuse of children.

“Under the leadership of the US law firms and the Department of Children's and obscene of the DojS, they project secure Childhals marshals, federal, state and local resources to localize, record and persecute, exploit and save the children,” said Ramsdell's announcement.

After his conviction, Schnitker was immediately referred back to the care of the US marshal service.