A 19-year-old from Burnsville is charged with criminal sexual conduct against two younger teens and police said this week they believe there may be additional victims.
Teodros Raymond Pluntz allegedly met the teens through social media apps.
“Detectives are requesting members of the public who were in contact with Pluntz to come forward and share their information,” Burnsville police said in a statement.
The Dakota County Attorney’s Office charged Pluntz in September and he remains jailed with his court cases ongoing. His attorney said he didn’t have a comment on Thursday afternoon.
Rape reported at his parents’ house
A 16-year-old reported she met Pluntz on an app and he picked her up at her home on Sept. 13. They went to Cub Foods and then to Pluntz’s parents’ house on Sibley Court, off Sibley and River Hills drives, in Burnsville.
Teodros Raymond Pluntz (Courtesy of the Dakota County Sheriff’s Office)
She said they started watching a show, she drank some Pink Whitney vodka and “her ears felt muffled, something she has never felt when drinking,” the criminal complaint said.
The complaint also gave the following information from prosecutors:
The teen reported that Pluntz was getting “handsy” and she told him “no.” She said she didn’t remember getting into his bed and continued to black out.
She said Pluntz put pressure on her windpipe, she tried to push him off her and kicked her legs, and he was on top of her pushing down on her chest and holding down her hands with his knees.
When she woke up, Pluntz put a blanket into her mouth and raped her, the complaint said. She woke up again and was naked, in pain and could barely stand.
Pluntz drove her home. That day, he blocked her on all social media apps.
After the teen reported what happened to a school resource officer, she went to the hospital and a nurse documented multiple bruises on her chest and both of her arms, and a red mark on her neck.
In a search of Pluntz’s phone, police found a video of him having sexual contact with the teen. She “appears to be whimpering or crying and when she does speak, she is slurring her words and appears to be extremely intoxicated,” the complaint said.
She told law enforcement she had no recollection of videos being taken. Officers were continuing to go through Pluntz’s phone when he was charged in September.
He is charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct, along with use of a minor in a sexual performance and possession of child sexual abuse material related to the alleged video.
Also charged in case involving 9th grader
In June, a 15-year-old reported a sexual assault in Burnsville, according to a separate complaint filed Sept. 24. She said she’d met “Teo,” later identified as Pluntz, in fall 2024 on the Wizz app.
She reported she’d put her actual age of 14 in the app, that she wasn’t able to see profiles for people who were older than 17, and she didn’t learn Pluntz’s age until later.
She also said that Pluntz filmed their sexual contact and it was brought to her attention that the videos were publicly posted on X, formerly Twitter, and she was referred to as a “college girl,” the complaint said. She saw four videos posted.
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At the time, she was afraid of her parents finding out what happened and didn’t respond to further contact from law enforcement. As police were investigating the Sept. 13 sexual assault, they followed up with the teen and she reported she’d had sexual contact multiple times with Pluntz when she was in ninth grade.
She said she sometimes agreed to it “and other times she would try and say no but ultimately gave in,” the complaint said. She described an incident when she told Pluntz “no” and tried to get away, but he sexually assaulted her, according to the complaint.
He is charged with two counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct.
To contact police
Burnsville police are asking people with information about Teodros Pluntz to call Detective Casey Buck at 952-895-4588, text at 952-215-8430 or email casey.buck@burnsvillemn.gov.
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