Eden prairie man on bail in cases of requesting children accused of sexual assault

A man from Eden Prairie was waiting for a trial for accusations of requesting children in Minnesota and Florida was accused of third -degree criminal conduct, accused of sexually assaulted a 15 -year -old boy, according to a criminal complaint filed on Thursday, March 13, at the Hennepin County District Court.

Michael Buce Gillis, 34, was arrested on Saturday and released early the next morning, after posting $ 250,000 bonds, according to court and prison. He is scheduled to appear in court at 13:30 months, at the public safety unit in Hennepin County in Minneapolis.

The case comes from a report from March 2 of a woman with a view, who told the police that her teenager was missing after she left home and did not return. Later, she found sexually explicit messages on her iPad from a user called “Nick Miller”, which investigators identified as Gillis. According to the criminal complaint, the messages were sent through a socialization application and an online network site that allows anonymous connections.

Gillis offered to pay for a travel service to bring the teenager to his house in Eden Prairie, the complaint shows. Later that day, Police Eden Prairie found the boy near Gillis’s residence.

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In a medical -legal interview, the teenager told investigators that he was in Gillis’s house, describing it in detail, which the police later confirmed. He claimed that Gillis was engaged in sexual conduct with him before he could leave when Gillis fell asleep, according to the complaint.

At the time of the alleged attack Gillis was already In accordance with charges of child request in Minnesota and Florida.

In August 2024, he was accused in Bloomington of seeking an online minor. In November, the case was modified to add an additional number of requests, while another accusation was rejected.

While he went out to an obligation of $ 75,000 in the case of Bloomington, Gillis was arrested again in October 2024, as part of an undercover operation in Florida, aimed at the online exploitation of children.

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Authorities in Polk County, Florida, have accused Gillis of traveling to meet a minor, using a computer to request a child and a lascivious behavior. He was issued on bonds of $ 72,000 and placed under GPS monitoring while waiting for the process. According to Star Tribune, he has a court date for March 25 in Polk County, under charges, including the request for a minor for sex.

The Gillis trial in Minnesota for Bloomington charges is scheduled for April 7 at the Hennepin District Court. As part of his preventive statement, he allowed to live in Florida under conditions that prevented him from contact with minors and required the court approval for any trip.