A former charter school teacher already in prison for sexually assaulting four boys has been indicted for sexually assaulting 12 more children, all under the age of 13, the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office announced.
Aaron Hjermstad, who worked at the Mastery School, Hospitality House Youth Development and Harvest Best Academy, is accused of assaulting the children from 2013 to 2021.
Hjermstad was sentenced to 12 years in prison for sexually abusing children in 2022. Prior to that sentence, Hjermstad fled the state and was apprehended in Idaho after being pulled over in a traffic stop.
During that traffic stop, law enforcement found thousands of videos of him assaulting additional children, including the 12 victims in this new case, according to the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office.
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