A former dance instructor from Lakeville who repeatedly sexually assaulted a teen student has been given two months in the Dakota County jail and seven years of probation.
Timothy Mark Olson Jr. (Courtesy of the Dakota County Sheriff’s Office)
Timothy Mark Olson Jr., 36, was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty in August to the sole count of third-degree criminal sexual conduct for acts that authorities say took place with a teenage girl at his home from June 2022 through the end of that year.
The victim went to Lakeville police in November 2023 and reported Olson sexually assaulted her at his home approximately five to eight times in the summer and fall of 2022, while she was under the age of 18.
She said Olson was her instructor at a dance studio beginning when she was in ninth grade and that her parents began paying him to teach her individual lessons when she was an 11th-grader. Olson started contacting the girl through Instagram messages, which “started out innocuous but progressed to asking Victim to come to his residence in Lakeville,” the criminal complaint said.
Olson made a straight plea to the charge — meaning no agreement was in place with the prosecution — and faced a presumptive three-year stayed sentence under state guidelines.
Olson’s attorney asked Judge Krista Marks for no additional time beyond the one day he had served after his arrest, or, in the alternative, 180 days on house arrest.
His 60-day jail sentence will begin Feb. 16, court records show. His sentence includes a stay of imposition, which means the felony conviction will be considered a misdemeanor if he successfully completes probation.
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