Charges say a St. Paul man drove to Monticello to pick up a 13-year-old girl he had just met on a dating app, gave her alcohol and marijuana and sexually assaulted her at his apartment.

Brandon Jesse Johnson, 32, was charged Tuesday in Ramsey County District Court with first-degree criminal sexual conduct and possession of a firearm without a permit in connection with the incident.

A judge set Johnson’s bail at $80,000, and he remained jailed mid-afternoon Tuesday. An attorney is not listed in his court file.

According to the criminal complaint:

St. Paul police about 11 a.m. Sunday responded to a call to assist another law enforcement agency looking for the girl. Officers tracked her phone to Johnson’s apartment in the 1200 block of Sherburne Avenue in the city’s Hamline-Midway neighbo

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