A northern Minnesota man is accused of "taking hundreds of surreptitious photographs of young females," according to charges filed earlier this month.

The 42-year-old man from Bemidji faces two felony counts of stalking and one gross misdemeanor count of interfering with privacy, a criminal complaint filed in Beltrami County shows.

The complaint states authorities learned the man was "traveling around the state of Minnesota, and the City of Bemidji" to take illicit photos of minors, though it does not say how they discovered that. Investigators subsequently obtained a search warrant for his phone.

"On his phone, investigators discovered a significant number of photos of young females, with the focus being on their clothed private parts," the complaint said. "It was apparent that the fem

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