Willmar businessman to be re-sentenced on criminal sexual conduct charges

WILLMAR, Minn. — Willmar businessman Peter Hoagland, currently serving nearly 19 years in prison for sexually abusing young boys in the 1980s and 1990s, will be re-sentenced on two counts, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday.

A Kandiyohi County District Court judge originally handed Hoagland the 18½-year sentence, nearly three times more severe than is standard for the charges, following Hoagland's October 2015 guilty plea to four counts each of second- and fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct.

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