Man to Stand Trial for Sexually Abusing Young Girl in Eden Valley

(Learfield News/St. Cloud, MN) — A man with a lengthy criminal history is set to stand trial in Stearns County for sexually abusing a pre-school-aged girl.

Prosecutors have charged 36-year-old Aaron Michael Edberg with two counts of 1st-degree criminal sexual conduct.

According to the criminal complaint, the charges stem from a time between 2000-2001 when he lived with the victim and her mother in Eden Valley.

The girl reported the abuse to a teacher in December 2023 after they had moved out of Minnesota.

Court records show the girl underwent a forensic interview at a Children’s Advocacy Center in California in early 2024.

The victim alleges that Edberg made her perform sex acts on him multiple times in the home they shared.