An Isanti County man charged with hiding a Forest Lake teen in a tent in rural Pine County pleaded guilty Tuesday to felony charges of kidnapping and second-degree criminal sexual conduct, officials said.
Shawn Patrick Bellach (Courtesy of the Pine County Sheriff’s Office)
Shawn Bellach, 39, of Dalbo, was arrested in July 2023 after the girl, 14 at the time, was found living in a tent north of Grasston, Minn. She had been missing since May after leaving her house on a bicycle with her cat and $3,000 in babysitting money
Her mother told the Pioneer Press that the girl left a note saying she was going to be “traveling around the United States with her boyfriend.”
Bellach faces a sentence of four years in prison. His sentencing is slated for Oct. 31.
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