MINNEAPOLIS. – Disgraced state Senator Justin Eichorn was ordered by a federal judge to remain in jail until a bed opens up at a halfway house. In so doing Magistrate Judge Shannon Elkins waived bail but ordered Eichorn to wear a GPS tracking device and not be around minors without supervision. Unclear was whether an exception was his four children at home 180 miles away in Grand Rapids, The judge also confiscated Eichorn’s passport. The court appearance was the first since Eichirn, age 40, was arrested arranging sex with a minor in a suburban Bloomington after a day at the Capitol. He was in court in a black shirt and jeans. He was represented by a public defender but told the judge he intended to hire private counsel. In Grand Rapids he operated a small business consulting office.
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