MINOT, ND (KXNET) — A man in Minot is now being charged with a sex crime after police say he had sexual contact with a teen girl.

In August, the guardian of a 13-year-old girl contacted Ward County sheriff's deputies and told them the girl had returned home after running away almost two weeks earlier.

The girl told investigators she met a man while walking in a park in northeast Minot, who asked how old she was. The girl says she told the man she was underage, but he invited her back to his home where he offered her marijuana.

The girl says she stayed at the home for several days and had sexual contact with Erik Reyes. She says she feared something bad would happen if she tried to leave.

Investigators also interviewed Reyes, who denied knowing the girl.

Both he and the girl were teste

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