Mille Lacs County Deputy Arrested on Sexual Assault Charges

FERGUS FALLS - A Mille Lacs County Sheriff's Deputy is accused of having sexual contact with children in Otter tail and Aitken counties.

Twenty-nine-year old Aaron Heuer of Isle is accused of inappropriately touching four boys and telling them to have sexual contact with him while he volunteered as a fishing guide at Lutheran Island Camp in Henning last month.  The boys are between the ages of 8 and 10.

The BCA believes additional inappropriate incidents occured with two of the victims on a seperate fishing trip in Aitkin county, that was unrelated to the camp.

Heuer, who's been with the Mille Lacs County Sheriff's office for six-years, has been put on paid administrative leave.

He's being held in the Otter Tail County Jail.

This story courtesy of KFGO in Fargo.