Grand Forks man arrested, charged with luring minor, use of minor in sexual performance

GRAND FORKS, N.D. –  A Grand Forks man faces two felony charges after he allegedly was caught promoting or directing an obscene performance of a minor and luring a minor. Malaun Nelson was charged Friday in Grand Forks County District Court on two felony counts – Use of a Minor in a Sexual Performance, a Class A Felony, and Luring Minors by Computer or Other Electronic Means, a Class B Felony. According to court documents obtained by Flag Family News, Nelson was a paraprofessional with Grand Forks Public Schools when he began communicating with minor students through the social media app Snapchat. A declaration of probable cause said Nelson told a 13-year-old boy, through Snapchat, that ‘he sends people money for content on Snapchat.’ Nelson sent the child a chart with a description of the type of content and payment he would provide to the boy, which included nudity and sexually explicit material that Nelson said was ‘r/x rated.’ The boy provided authorities with a photo sent by Nelson through Snapchat of a sex toy described as a pocket pussy. Nelson eventually solicited sexual content from the boy, which was sent via Snapchat to Nelson from the boy in the
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