{"id":562,"date":"2025-12-08T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=562"},"modified":"2025-12-07T07:03:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T13:03:19","slug":"becker-county-two-men-face-child-sex-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/becker-county-two-men-face-child-sex-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Becker County: Two Men Face Child Sex Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"

Becker County (trfnews.i234.me<\/a>) \u2014 Two men face separate child sex crime charges in Becker County District Court.<\/p>\n

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Prosecutors have charged 37-year-old Jonas Allen Zion of Frazee.
\nHe is accused of second-degree criminal sexual conduct.
\nCourt documents say the alleged victim is younger than 13.
\nZion is reported to be more than three years older than the child.<\/p>\n

A Frazee police officer took a report on September 7, 2025.
\nThe report involved a past sexual assault of a minor girl.
\nInvestigators say Zion sexually touched the girl on more than one occasion.<\/p>\n

The complaint states that Zion admitted he touched the girl and said it was wrong.
\nDuring a later interview on September 16, he said the contact was accidental.
\nHe also said the event had troubled him for years.<\/p>\n

A summons was issued for Zion on November 19.
\nHis first court appearance is set for December 30 before Judge Gretchen D. Thilmony.<\/p>\n

In a different case, 35-year-old Joshua Arnold Carpenter of Knox, Indiana, faces the same felony charge.
\nHe is also accused of second-degree criminal sexual conduct with a child under 13.<\/p>\n

On May 29, 2025, a Becker County Sheriff\u2019s Office investigator took a new report.
\nA man said he was abused as a child between the ages of 7 and 10.
\nThe incident reportedly took place near a cemetery behind a church in Becker County.<\/p>\n

The man told investigators he had been at vacation Bible school.
\nHe said Carpenter called him into the nearby woods by the cemetery.
\nOnce there, Carpenter allegedly had sexual contact with him.<\/p>\n

The man said he did not tell anyone until a recent visit with his sister.
\nHe then reported the abuse to law enforcement.
\nA summons for Carpenter was issued on November 19.
\nHis first court date is also set for December 30 before Judge Thilmony.<\/p>\n

Second-degree criminal sexual conduct can bring long prison terms and strict supervision.
\nThe law is detailed in Minnesota Statute 609.343, available\u00a0on the state website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Help for survivors of child abuse is available through\u00a0Childhelp\u2019s 24\/7 hotline\u00a0<\/a>and other victim support services.
\nMore information on Minnesota court cases is posted at the\u00a0Minnesota Judicial Branch<\/a>.<\/p>\n

These charges are allegations.
\nJonas Allen Zion and Joshua Arnold Carpenter are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m Chris Harper reporting for\u00a0TRF News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Becker County (trfnews.i234.me) \u2014 Two men face separate child sex crime charges in Becker County District Court. Prosecutors have charged 37-year-old Jonas Allen Zion of Frazee. He is accused of second-degree criminal sexual conduct. Court documents say the alleged victim is younger than 13. Zion is reported to be more than three years older than… Continue reading Becker County: Two Men Face Child Sex Charges<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":874,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wpscp_schedule_draft_date":"","_wpscp_schedule_republish_date":"","_wpscppro_advance_schedule":false,"_wpscppro_advance_schedule_date":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":null,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"default","_twitter_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type":"default","_pinterest_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"default","_medium_share_type":"default","_threads_share_type":"default","_google_business_share_type":"default","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[12],"tags":[1065,927,913,1117,959,1122,1069,768,772,1067,929,606,1064,1491,1493,1494,1492,926,151,2004,955,1495,1066,794,1068,786,1070,2005,1496],"class_list":["post-562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-accused","tag-becker","tag-becker-county","tag-becker-county-district-court","tag-charges","tag-child","tag-conduct","tag-county","tag-crime","tag-criminal","tag-detroit","tag-face","tag-frazee","tag-frazee-minnesota","tag-jonas-allen-zion","tag-joshua-arnold-carpenter","tag-knox-indiana","tag-lakes","tag-man","tag-men","tag-minnesota-crime-news","tag-second-degree-criminal-sexual-conduct","tag-seconddegree","tag-sex","tag-sexual","tag-trf-news","tag-tribune","tag-two","tag-victim-under-13","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=562"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":875,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562\/revisions\/875"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}