White Bear Lake man sentenced for sexually assaulting 14-year-old girl

A 28-year-old Twin Cities man has been sentenced for meeting a 14-year-old girl through social media and later sexually assaulting her. On Friday, Mitchell Wetzel of White Bear Lake was given a 36-month sentence, stayed for five years. He pleaded guilty in August to one count of third-degree criminal sexual conduct.As part of the sentence, Wetzel will be added to the predatory offender registry for 10 years. If he violates probation, he'll serve 120 days in jail followed by 10 years of conditional release. Charges say Wetzel met the victim through social media and assaulted her on June 14. An undercover officer accessed the victim's Snapchat and made contact with Wetzel, saying the victim needed a ride and he agreed to meet her. On July 1, police arrested Wetzel, who admitted in a post-Miranda statement to having assaulted the girl.The charges came after the victim's father called police on June 13 to report she had run away from their home in Mahtomedi, Minnesota. The man told police