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STATE OF MINNESOTA

COUNTY OF RAMSEY

DISTRICT COURT

SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT

COURT FILE NO.: _____________
PROSECUTOR FILE NO.: 2130458


State of Minnesota,

Plaintiff,


v.
Joel Daniel Fowler
(DOB: 04/12/1991)
3755 Quebec Ave. South
St. Louis Park, MN 55426,







FELONY
CRIMINAL COMPLAINT
Summons Warrant
Order of Detention

Amended
Certified Juvenile
EJJ
Defendant.

The Complainant, being duly sworn, makes complaint to the above-named Court and states that there is
probable cause to believe that the Defendant committed the following offense(s):

COUNT 1
On or about the 27th day of May, 2014, in Ramsey County, Minnesota, the defendant, JOEL DANIEL
FOWLER, being 18 years of age or older, by means of the Internet or a computer, computer program,
computer network, electronic communications system, or telecommunications, wire, or radio communication
system, with intent to arouse the sexual desire of any person, did wrongfully and unlawfully engage in
communications relating to or describing sexual conduct with a child or someone the person reasonably
believes is a child, 15 years or age or younger.

Said acts constituting the offense of Electronic Solicitation of a Child in violation of MN Statute:
609.352.2a(2); 609.352.4
Maximum Sentence: 3 years or $5,000 fine or both.

COUNT 2
On or about the 27th day of May, 2014, in Ramsey County, Minnesota, the defendant, JOEL DANIEL
FOWLER, being 18 years of age or older, by means of the Internet or a computer, computer program,
computer network, electronic communications system, or telecommunications, wire, or radio communication
system, with intent to arouse the sexual desire of any person, did wrongfully and unlawfully solicit a child or
someone the person reasonably believes is a child, 15 year of age or younger, to engage in sexual conduct.



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Said acts constituting the offense of Electronic Solicitation of a Child in violation of MN Statute:
609.352.2a(1); 609.352.4
Maximum Sentence: 3 years or $5,000 fine, or both.
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STATEMENT OF PROBABLE CAUSE

The Complainant states that the following facts establish probable cause:

On May 27, 2014, Saint Paul Police Sergeant Keller was conducting an undercover investigation and reviewing
Craigslist ads for people who may be interested in having sexual contact with a minor. Sergeant Keller entered
the search term high school in the casual encounters section and located an ad entitled High School m4w
23. A photo of four young women in graduation caps accompanied the ad which read:

Its graduation season. Im looking for a soon-to-be or recent high school graduate who
wants to play with a just out of college guy. I was just at a HS graduation and watching
the girls really made me miss high school and the fun those girls are! I live in the West
Metro. 23 years old. 190lbs. 61. Im DDF and ready to get to know someone younger
than me.

Sergeant Keller responded to the ad posing as a 14-year-old girl who was with her friends. He asked the poster,
how yung is too yung 4 u? The poster replied, How old are you guys? Do you drive? Sergeant Keller
responded, gonna be 15 in July. dont drive but will leav school and meet u. ur ad said u want to play..wat
do u want 2 do The poster responded, Send me a pic. i want to fuck.

Sergeant Keller sent the poster an age regressed photo of a female law enforcement officers face. The poster
responded with a photo of a male naked from the waist up. The poster and Sergeant Keller continued to
communicate back and forth and discussed the location of Cherokee Park in Saint Paul as a meeting location.
Sergeant Keller provided the poster with a telephone number and began receiving text messages. The poster
identified himself as Blake but a law enforcement database showed that the phone number generating the
texts was associated with JOEL DANIEL FOWLER (DOB: 4-12-1991).

The poster requested another picture and Sergeant Keller sent him another photo of an employee assigned to the
Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. The poster agreed to meet at 1:30 pm in Cherokee Park. The
poster then texted, You said your friends think Im cute Sergeant Keller replied, yess The poster asked,
Will i fuck all of you or just you Sergeant Keller responded, can u bring protection? The poster responded,
Yes and Where are we fu c king Sergeant Keller replied, we could do it in ur car. The poster indicated
he would arrive in a silver Honda Accord.

Law enforcement officers set up surveillance in the Cherokee Park area. Officers saw a silver Honda Accord
arrive being driven by Fowler. Officers arrested Fowler and found two condoms in his front left pocket and two
condoms in his back left pocket.

Fowler was advised of his constitutional rights and agreed to speak to police. Fowler said he is a middle school
teacher and has a masters degree in education. Fowler called in sick the day he was arrested. Fowler was told
he was in jail for solicitation of a minor. When asked if he did that, Fowler replied, Not intentionally. He
explained that he met someone online and was going to meet them when he was stopped by the police. Fowler
denied knowing the age of the person he was going to meet and denied she had told him her age. They were
going to meet at 1:30 pm and see what happened. When asked if that meant he was going to have sex with her,
Fowler admitted, Eventually. He claimed he had never seen the girl and he denied she sent him a picture of
her face.


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Sergeant Keller told Fowler that he knew Fowler was not being truthful. Fowler admitted the person he was
communicating with told him she was going to turn 15, but he wanted to see her. He didnt know if she was
lying about her age and said that if he saw her he could back out of it. When asked how he planned on
verifying the girls age, Fowler indicated he planned on asking her.

Fowler said he had posted five different ads on Craigslist and reposted them several times since 2012 because
he was bored. Fowler said this was the first posting where he specifically indicated he was looking for someone
younger than him. He denied ever meeting anyone from an ad he posted. Fowler denied having complaints
against him at the school where he taught or any inappropriate contact with children.

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Complainant requests that Defendant, subject to bail or conditions of release, be:
(1) arrested or that other lawful steps be taken to obtain Defendants appearance in court; or
(2) detained, if already in custody, pending further proceedings; and that said Defendant otherwise be dealt
with according to law.

COMPLAINANTS NAME:

Jeffrey Keller

COMPLAINANTS SIGNATURE:

____________________________________



Subscribed and sworn to before the undersigned this ______ day of _________, 20_____.


NAME/TITLE:


____________________________________
SIGNATURE:


____________________________________



Being authorized to prosecute the offenses charged, I approve this complaint.

Date: 05/29/2014


PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS SIGNATURE:

____________________________________
Name: Derek Fitch
Assistant Ramsey County Attorney
345 Wabasha Street North, Suite 120
St. Paul, MN 55102
651-266-3222/mc
Attorney Registration #328339
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FINDING OF PROBABLE CAUSE
From the above sworn facts, and any supporting affidavits or supplemental sworn testimony, I, the Issuing Officer, have determined
that probable cause exists to support, subject to bail or conditions of release where applicable, Defendants arrest or other lawful steps
be taken to obtain Defendants appearance in court, or Defendants detention, if already in custody, pending further proceedings.
Defendant is therefore charged with the above-stated offense.

SUMMONS
THEREFORE YOU, THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT, ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to appear on the ____ day of
____________, 20___ at _______ before the above-named court at _______________________________________________ to
answer this complaint.
IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR in response to this SUMMONS, a WARRANT FOR YOUR ARREST shall be issued.

WARRANT
Execute in MN Only Execute Nationwide Execute in Border States
To the Sheriff of the above-named county; or other person authorized to execute this warrant: I hereby order, in the name of the State
of Minnesota, that the above-named Defendant be apprehended and arrested without delay and brought promptly before the above-
named court (if in session), and if not, before a Judge or Judicial Officer of such court without unnecessary delay, and in any event not
later than 36 hours after the arrest or as soon as such Judge or Judicial Officer is available to be dealt with according to law.

ORDER OF DETENTION
Since the above-named Defendant is already in custody, I hereby order, subject to bail or conditions of release, that the above-named
Defendant continue to be detained pending further proceedings.

Bail: $10,000.00
Conditions of Release: No unsupervised contact with females under the age of 16.

This complaint, duly subscribed and sworn to, is issued by the undersigned Judicial Officer this ______ day of _____________,
20_____.

JUDICIAL OFFICER:
NAME:
TITLE:
SIGNATURE:

___________________________________

Sworn testimony has been given before the Judicial Officer by the following witnesses:
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
STATE OF MINNESOTA

Clerks Signature or File Stamp:
STATE OF MINNESOTA
Plaintiff,
RETURN OF SERVICE
I hereby Certify and Return that I have served a copy of this
COMPLAINT upon the Defendant herein named.

Signature of Authorized Service Agent:

_________________________________
vs.

JOEL DANIEL FOWLER
Defendant.

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FINDINGS OF FACT

Probable cause found that defendant committed the offenses charged.

Ordered defendant's motion to dismiss denied.

Plea of not guilty to all counts entered.

Trial and hearing on all issues set.



Dated: ________________________

_______________________________________
JUDGE OF DISTRICT COURT
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DEFENDANT DATA / CHARGE SHEET ATTACHMENT A


DEFENDANT NAME:

JOEL DANIEL FOWLER

DOB: 04/12/1991

Defendant alias name(s):



Alias DOB(s):



Defendant last known
address:

3755 Quebec Ave. South
St. Louis Park, MN 55426


State ID:

MN14H44308

Fingerprint ID: 303535

FBI ID: 580410AE7

St. Paul PD ID:

Offender ID:


OTHER DEFENDANT / CASE IDENTIFIERS:
Fingerprinted? No Yes
Handgun permit? No Yes (Issuing Agency: )
Location of violation:
IF DRIVING OFFENSE:
Driver's License Number: Issuing State:
License Plate Number: Issuing State:
Accident Type:
check all that apply
No injury/no damage Property Damage
Personal Injury Fatality
Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC):
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FELONY WARRANT AND ORDER OF DETENTION COMPLAINT

CT
NO
OFFENSE
DATE
STATUTE
TYPE
STATUTE
NBR
STATUTE
DESCRIPTION
OFFENSE
LEVEL
MOC G
O
C

AGENCY
ORI
CN NBR
FUNCTION

1 05/27/2014 Charge 609.352.2a(2) Engage in Electronic
Communication Relating
or Describing Sexual
Conduct with Child.
Penalty 609.352.4 Solicitation - Solicit Child
in Person or via Computer
or Internet - Sexual
Conduct - Felony Penalty
F Z1106 N St. Paul Police Dept.
ORI - MN0620900
CN - 14103582
Charging
2 05/27/2014 Charge 609.352.2a(1) Solicit Child or Believe to
be a Child Through
Electronic Communication
to Engage in Sexual
Conduct
Penalty 609.352.4 Solicitation - Solicit Child
in Person or via Computer
or Internet - Sexual
Conduct - Felony Penalty
F Z1106 N St. Paul Police Dept.
ORI - MN0620900
CN - 14103582
Charging