Crime & Safety
Trial Date Set After Tatum Pleads Not Guilty
If convicted of the charges against him, Tatum could spend as many as 25 years in prison and be ordered to pay a $35,000 fine.
A 35-year-old Inver Grove Heights man pleaded not guilty Tuesday morning in Dakota County court.
Judge Tim D. Wermager accepted the plea from Justin Wellington Tatum and scheduled a settlement conference for Aug. 22 and, if necessary, a trial date for Sept. 10.
According to a Dakota County criminal complaint, the child told a Children's Hospital nurse that Tatum molested her "once in the bathtub and once on the couch."
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Tatum remains in custody on a $100,000 bond.
If convicted of the charges against him, Tatum could spend as many as 25 years in prison and be ordered to pay a $35,000 fine.
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