TODD COUNTY, MN (trfnews.i234.me) – A former music teacher and choir director at Fertile-Beltrami Public Schools, Richard John Schrom, 31, has been sentenced for sex charges involving a minor. Initially charged with Criminal Sexual Conduct-1st Degree-Penetration under 18/Contact under 14-Use force and Criminal Sexual Conduct – 3rd Degree – Penetration; Victim 14 – 15, Schrom was sentenced to spend 30 days in the Todd County Jail with a 3-year prison sentence stayed for 15 years. He has also been placed on supervised probation for 15 years and will complete outpatient sex offender treatment as part of his sentencing order.
The case began when the Todd County Sheriff’s Office received a report from a nurse at St. Cloud Hospital regarding a sexual assault that occurred near or in the City of Grey Eagle on July 24, 2023. The victim was a 15-year-old girl who had been sexually assaulted by Schrom. Investigator Josh Winter conducted an investigation and reviewed photographs from the teen’s father, which included text messages sent through Snapchat between the teenager and Schrom.
In one message, Schrom offered to pay for a Plan B pill if the victim was not on birth control. The girl had revealed the assault to another family member after her father learned of it on July 24. According to court documents, the sexual assault occurred outside, behind an in-ground pool fence near where the teen’s friend had parked her car.
Schrom admitted to intercourse with the juvenile victim during a mirandized statement at Polk County Sheriff’s Office and was subsequently arrested and transported to the Todd County Detention Center. He has now been sentenced for his crimes, facing significant restrictions and treatment as part of his sentence.
Slap in the wrist of course 😡
What a joke. He belongs behind bars, not free to do it again.
30 days for rape? Wow
This area has way to many sickos
Victim physically and mentally challenged