An undercover sting in Dakota County earlier this month has led to felony charges against six men for trying to pay for sex with underage girls. It was the most recent victory for an operation based out of the Minneapolis Police Department that targets the sex trafficking of minors.
Officers posted a variety of ads online on Sept. 10 advertising 15 or 17-year-old girls available for sex. The men who responded were told the girls’ ages and given instructions to meet at a Hastings hotel. The men were arrested after they arrived at the hotel room, according to the criminal complaints.
The six men each face at least one felony charge of soliciting a juvenile for prostitution. The men listed in the criminal complaints are Christopher Thomas Lauyans, 33, of Maplewood; Dallas Leonard Lloyd, 26, of Zimmerman; Phengie Lue Lee, 24, of Minneapolis; Kerry Joe Mausolf, 48, of Cottage Grove; Jason Michael Slattum, 36, of Stone City, Iowa; and Joshua Berry Wood, 39, of Rosemount.
