Justin Eichorn, the former Republican Minnesota state senator who resigned last week after being charged with soliciting a minor for sex, was ordered to be released from a county jail and into a halfway home on Wednesday as he awaits his trial.

A judge has blocked the release of a former Minnesota state senator who resigned after he was charged with soliciting a minor.

A Grand Rapids store owned by the uncle of former Minnesota state Sen. Justin Eichorn is now receiving threatening phone calls.

A former Minnesota state senator charged with trying to solicit a minor for prostitution and accused of attempting to obstruct the FBI’s investigation from jail can be released to a halfway house pending trial,

A federal judge on Wednesday said she had “no doubt” there’s probable cause — enough evidence — against former state Sen. Justin Eichorn, a Republican from Grand Rapids, to sustain a federal charge of attempted coercion and enticement of a minor.

Court documents alleged Justin Eichorn asked someone to get a laptop from his apartment so investigators couldn't find it. On Wednesday, it was revealed his wife - who has filed for divorce - was the one he asked to get his laptop.