By Sarah Horner

Pioneer Press

Six more men face charges in a sting conducted in North St. Paul in the weeks leading up to the Super Bowl this past winter that targeted pursuers of underage sex with online advertisements, authorities say.

That brings the total number of people charged in the undercover operation to 15.

The Ramsey County Attorney’s Office filed criminal complaints against nine of the men last week. Six more were charged Monday evening, court records show.

Most of those arrested were charged with engaging in electronic communication relating to or describing conduct with a child, the complaints said.

A few are also accused of solicitation of a child or someone believed to be a child through electronic means.

Those charged Monday include Bryce Mitchell Unto Olson, 27, of Monticello; Adam James Sellers, 28, of Illinois, Daniel Hakina Guya, 22, of Washington; Larry Jacob Stiele, 35 of Minneapolis; James Joseph Judge, 47 of Minneapolis, and Ernest William Ahrens, 35, of St. Paul.

No attorneys were listed for the men in court records Tuesday morning.

Authorities with the Minnesota Human Trafficking Investigators Task Force working alongside agents with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and North St. Paul police conducted the sting during the last weeks of January, legal documents say.

In most of the cases, the men responded to ads posted on Craiglist by undercover agents posing as young women seeking casual connections, the complaints said.

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