SD Senate candidate charged with child abuse

SD Senate candidate charged with child abuse
SD Senate candidate charged with child abuse(none)
By Dakota News Now staff
Published: Nov. 3, 2022 at 4:46 PM MDT
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - A South Dakota Senate candidate has been charged with child abuse, involving sexual grooming.

The Attorney General’s office is alleging that 44-year-old Joel Koskan sexually groomed a minor over a six-year period, that’s according to a criminal complaint made in Mellette County.

Koskan is a Republican candidate for state senate in District 26.

He faces one count of exposing a minor to foreseeable harm which is a class four felony that carries a sentence of up to 10 years.

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