Crime & Safety

Northfield Man Convicted of Sexually Assaulting 16-Year-Old Girl

Fernando Rosas Arcos, 22, will serve 90 days in Rice County Jail.

A Northfield man will spend 90 days in Rice County Jail for sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl.

Fernando Rosas Arcos, 22, was sentenced for the felony on Tuesday in Rice County District Court.

He pleaded guilty in February to fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct for an incident stemming from November 2009. A third-degree charge, which implies force was used, was dropped with the plea. Arcos faced up to 10 years in prison and/or a $20,000 fine for the fourth-degree charge. Arcos is credited with three days in jail.

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Judge Christine A. Long also put Arcos on 10 years probation. He is also required to attend a sex offender program and cannot have contact with anyone younger than 18 unless approved by his probation officer or treatment provider.

According to a criminal complaint filed with the court, the girl, who lived at the same residence as Arcos, texted him asking if he was horny because of her perception of him being attracted to her. Arcos replied that he was, the complaint said.

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Later that day, the girl woke up to Arcos feeling her, charges say. He was massaging her back and her pants were down, the complaint continued, and she told him to get out of her room. Arcos continued to touch her, including her vagina, while she yelled at him and attempted to get him to stop.  She told police that he said he was going to “teacher her a lesson because she was provoking him.”

The girl eventually got away and called police. Arcos denied sexual contact to the police and said after receiving the text he went to the girl’s room and she exposed the lower half of her body to him. He said he tried to restrain her when she reached for him.

Arcos had no criminal history in Minnesota prior to this conviction.


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