{"id":393306,"date":"2026-07-31T11:00:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T11:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/393306\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T11:00:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T11:00:24","slug":"warrant-issued-for-houston-man-in-juvenile-sex-crime-case-post-bulletin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/393306\/","title":{"rendered":"Warrant issued for Houston man in juvenile sex crime case – Post Bulletin"},"content":{"rendered":"

HOUSTON, Minn. \u2014 Law enforcement has issued a warrant for a man accused of sexually assaulting a minor, then absconding from a Rochester hospital. <\/p>\n

On July 29, Houston County Court issued a warrant for 26-year-old Cordel Ryan Oesterle. Oesterle is charged with two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct – penetration or conduct with a juvenile under age 16. <\/p>\n

According to court documents, the Houston County Sheriff’s Office originally responded to a home on North Henderson Street because a person there was experiencing a mental health crisis. <\/p>\n

When deputies arrived, they learned Oesterle was making threats of suicide, and he was transported to a Rochester hospital. <\/p>\n

As one HSCO investigator spoke with Oesterle, another met with a juvenile who said Oesterle sexually assaulted her.<\/p>\n

The juvenile told an adult, who confronted Oesterle. <\/p>\n

According to court documents, Oesterle admitted the sexual assault to an adult, then began making threats of suicide, prompting the call to law enforcement. <\/p>\n

Court documents allege he was later released from the hospital and “his whereabouts are unknown at this time.”<\/p>\n

Those experiencing sexual exploitation can call a 24-hour crisis line at 507-289-0636 to speak to someone who can direct you towards help.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"Anne<\/p>\n

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\n Anne Halliwell is the public safety reporter at the Post Bulletin.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON, Minn. \u2014 Law enforcement has issued a warrant for a man accused of sexually assaulting a minor,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":393307,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57,4031],"class_list":["post-393306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-sexual-assault"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}