Bemidji Pioneer: Bjerknes also sentenced in state district court

BEMIDJI -- An emotional and largely symbolic sentencing hearing brought legal proceedings against Brandon Bjerknes to a close Thursday.

Even Ninth District Judge Paul Benshoof described his sentence as “moot” during the hearing, shortly before sentencing Bjerknes -- the former Bemidji Middle School assistant principal who posed as a teenager online in order to have sexual conversations with children -- to what amounted to two years and six months in prison.

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