NEW ULM, Minn. – A police investigator was charged with molesting a prepubescent girl four years ago. The judge set bail for Eric Gramentz, 42, of New Ulm, at $300,000. Meanwhile, he jas been placed on leave from the Police Department, said City Manager Chris Dalton said. The girl came forward recently. She said that Gramentz had caressed he genitals on multiple occasions and once placed his genitals in her hands as she slept. He had been with New Ulm lice since 2005.

Gramentz. Accuser says she was 11 or 12 at the time.