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Bartel faces child porn charges

Bartel

A 37-year-old Minot man is accused of sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl last summer and multiple counts of possession of child pornography.

Philemon Bartel was scheduled to make an initial appearance on the 14 felony charges against him in district court in Minot on Tuesday.

According to a probable cause affidavit filed with the court, Bartel took multiple images and recorded videos of the alleged victim, some of them sexually suggestive. The girl told her parents last month that she had sex with Bartel on more than one occasion.

Bartel is charged with three counts of Class Felony AA gross sexual imposition, all of which carry a maximum penalty of life in prison without parole. He is charged with one count of Class A felony promoting an obscene performance by a minor. A Class A felony carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a $20,000 fine. He is also charged with 10 counts of Class C felony possession of child pornography. Each Class C felony carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

Bond was set at $1 million for Bartel when he made his initial appearance in district court in Minot on Tuesday. A preliminary hearing is set for April 6 before Judge Doug Mattson.

– Andrea Johnson

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