This page summarizes publicly available booking information for Christopher Paul Nygaard in Stearns, Minnesota, booked on 2026-06-25. The information shown may include the booking date, listed charges, location, and other public-record details. A booking record is not proof of guilt: it generally reflects information recorded at the time of arrest or jail intake, and the listed charges are allegations unless and until confirmed through court records.
Christopher Paul Nygaard
2026-06-25
Stearns, Minnesota
N/A
37
Male
Stearns County Sheriff's Office
- Criminal Sexual Conduct - 2nd Degree - Contact Under 16 - Significant Relationship - Personal Injury
- Criminal Sexual Conduct - 2nd Degree - Contact Under 14 - Actor > 36m Older
- Criminal Sexual Conduct - 2nd Degree - Contact Under 16 - Significant Relationship
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Typically a felony
- Criminal Sexual Conduct - 2nd Degree - Contact Under 16 - Significant Relationship - Personal Injury · - Criminal Sexual Conduct - 2nd Degree - Contact Under 14 - Actor > 36m Older · - Criminal Sexual Conduct - 2nd Degree - Contact Under 16 - Significant Relationship
This category covers serious allegations involving non-consensual sexual conduct. Because these matters are among the most serious and sensitive in the legal system, the details and outcomes are determined entirely through the courts. A charge listed at booking is an allegation only and is not evidence that the alleged conduct occurred.
What typically happens next: Because these are among the most serious matters in the legal system, the details and outcome are determined entirely through the courts. A listed charge is an allegation only.
Stearns County stretches across central Minnesota along the Mississippi River, where St. Cloud — the “Granite City” built on more than a century of granite quarrying — serves as the regional hub for work, study, and health care. Home to St. Cloud State University and a ring of farm towns, the county blends a busy river city with the farm country and lakes of the Sauk River valley.
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Sheriff's Office
Phone: 320-259-3700
Law Enforcement Center, 807 Courthouse Square, St. Cloud, MN 56303
Detention Facility
Phone: 320-259-3700
Law Enforcement Center, 807 Courthouse Square, St. Cloud, MN 56303
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Stearns County District Court (Seventh Judicial District)
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Court clerk: 320-656-3620
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Stearns, Minnesota
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