A northern Minnesota man is accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl whom he offered to escort home after she became separated from her friends in International Falls last month.

Cody Jay Austin Fremstad-Strong, 28, of International Falls, is charged in Koochiching County with two counts of 3rd-degree criminal sexual conduct in connection with the incident.

According to the criminal complaint, the victim told investigators she'd been drinking alcohol and became separated from her friends while walking home in the early morning hours of July 17.

Charges state she stopped to sit on the curb when Fremstad-Strong approached her saying he'd assist her home.

Instead, Fremstad-Strong allegedly took the victim to his apartment and sexually assaulted her.

According to the complaint, the v

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