BRAINERD — A 23-year-old Brainerd man who faces several criminal charges after he allegedly sexually assaulted multiple family members appeared Wednesday, Nov. 5, in Crow Wing County District Court.

Rutger Raymond Roehner is charged in Crow Wing County District Court with six counts of felony first-degree criminal sexual conduct and one count of second-degree criminal sexual conduct.

Roehner appeared via Zoom from Crow Wing County Jail with his court-appointed lawyer Mark Hansen in Judge Patricia Aanes’ courtroom. Hansen said they would be moving forward with a pre-plea investigation and a psycho sexual evaluation.

Assistant Crow Wing County Attorney Janine LePage said the requests were accurate and anything said in the evaluations would go toward a departure and could not be used in a

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