MINNESOTA
Star Tribune
A former Ham Lake church youth director was acquitted Thursday on all charges of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl.
An Anoka County jury spent more than a day deliberating before acquitting Damian Burkhalter, 47, of Blaine, of six counts of criminal sexual conduct.
The charges, filed last June, alleged that he abused the girl at his home and at youth camps, saying the first incident occurred about two years ago. Authorities were notified when a child protection worker in Kandiyohi County learned of the allegations from the girl.
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