Sponsored By. Ryan Dostal, 40, was caught in a West Fargo Police Department undercover sting that used a Craigslist ad for an "older for younger sexual fantasy," court documents stated.
Dostal was charged in November and pleaded guilty in late December. During the sting, police communicated with a man who said he wanted to give oral sex to a year-old girl he thought he was communicating with, but the "girl" was actually a police officer, the documents said. The man said he would meet the girl at a grocery store parking lot, and police later stopped a vehicle driven by Dostal.
After Dostal was identified, he was allowed to go on his way, the documents said. Police then reviewed the earlier communication, some of which included photos Dostal allegedly sent an investigator, which included a picture of himself, and another meeting was set up, the documents said. Dostal arrived at the agreed upon parking lot on Nov. Read Today's Paper Monday, February ND Legislature.
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Helmut Schmidt is a business reporter at The Forum. After graduating high school in Cottage Grove, Minn. Army as a microwave radio operator and repairman. He earned a journalism degree from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, then started at the Albert Lea Tribune in southeastern Minnesota, where he served three years as its managing editor. At The Forum, he has covered various beats, including K schools, city government, cops and courts, and the business community.
