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Devils Lake Man Charged With Luring Minor Online
70-year-old Kelly Bednarz faces multiple felony charges after allegedly luring a 15-year-old girl online for drugs and sex.
In brief
70-year-old Kelly Bednarz faces multiple felony charges after allegedly luring a 15-year-old girl online for drugs and sex. Kelly Bednarz, 70, pleaded guilty in 2025 to a prior drug charge and now faces felony charges for luring a minor online. Originally reported by Valleynewslive.
Kelly Bednarz Charged
A Devils Lake man faces multiple felony charges after investigators say he used Facebook to lure someone he believed was a 15-year-old girl to his apartment for drugs and sex.
Charges Include Luring Minors
Prosecutors have charged 70-year-old Kelly Bednarz with luring minors by computer, promoting a sexual performance by a minor and second-offense possession of drug paraphernalia related to methamphetamine.
Evidence Found in Apartment
Agents found an eyeglass container with a meth pipe and straw, and a cup with straws in Bednarz’s Devils Lake apartment on October 14.
The takeaway
Kelly Bednarz, 70, pleaded guilty in 2025 to a prior drug charge and now faces felony charges for luring a minor online.
