MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis police officials say the officer charged Friday with multiple counts of criminal sexual conduct with young girls is no longer on the force.

Bradley Schnickel, 32, was charged in Anoka County District Court with two counts of criminal sexual conduct in the third degree, one count of attempted criminal sexual conduct in the third degree, and three counts of engaging in electronic communications relating to or describing sexual conduct with a child.

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According to the complaint, Schnickel used social media sites to make contact with the girls. The charges allege that Schnickel used a false name and told the girls he was 22 — 10 years younger than his actual age. The complaint alleges Schnickel had sexual contact with at least two girls ages 13 and 14 years old and was involved in inappropriate communications with two other young girls online.

In July of 2012, Schnickel allegedly had sex with a 14-year-old girl after giving her vodka and Mountain Dew. Anoka County Attorney Tony Palumbo said this is a particularly serious charge, because the girl was mentally and physically impaired by the alcohol. If convicted, the maximum penalty for the crime is 15 years in prison.

The complaint alleges Schnickel also tried to get a 13-year-old girl to perform a sex act on him, but she refused. Schnickel also allegedly sent pictures of his genitals to other young girls via social media sites and urged the girls to have sex with him. Two girls say they sent nude or partially nude photos back to him.

One girl alleges that Schnickel met with her earlier this week and told her to, “deny, deny, deny everything.” Another girl also alleges that Schnickel told her to deny that she’d had any contact with him.

Palumbo said it is possible Schnickel had contact with more than the four girls referred to in the complaint. He says investigators have only gotten through one-third of the 9,000 pages of printouts of Schnickel’s electronic communications.

“We may find more or we may not,” he said.

Palumbo said the complaint can be amended at a later date if more victims are identified. Anoka County District Court Judge Sharon Hall set bail for Schnickel at $500,000 with no conditions of release, or $250,000 with the condition of no contact with any juvenile females, including his own children. He is also required to turn over all firearms. Schnickel’s next court appearance is scheduled for March 6.

Palumbo said Schnickel has retained private counsel. However, MPR News has not been able to reach Schnickel’s attorney for comment.

A Minneapolis police spokesman said Schnickel’s last assignment on the force was as a patrol officer in the 4th Precinct. However, he didn’t say if Schnickel was fired or resigned.

Schnickel was on the force for five years, and according to his personnel record was recommended for an award of commendation in 2011. His supervisor at the time wrote that Schnickel chased down a man carrying a gun and took him into custody. Schnickel’s record also includes a list of three complaints filed in 2008, 2009 and 2001. Details of the complaints are not listed. But the record shows that no disciplinary action was taken.

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — A former soccer coach at a private school in Landover has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for sexually abusing a girl on the soccer team.

Thirty-five-year-old Charles Vasser of Seat Pleasant had been convicted last month on five counts of child sexual abuse. He was sentenced Friday.

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Prosecutor say Vasser was coach of the girls’ soccer team at Riverdale Baptist School. Officials say from October 2008 through July 2009, Vasser had sexual contact with the victim, who was 15 when the abuse started.

LONDON—A federal jury found a London, Kentucky couple guilty of photographing two children engaging in sexually explicit conduct.

The jury convicted 58-year-old Rickey L. Sherman and his wife, 33-year-old Corrine Sherman, late Wednesday afternoon of two counts of producing child pornography, conspiracy to produce child pornography, and one count of possessing child pornography. The jury returned the verdict after approximately four hours of deliberation following three days of trial.

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Evidence presented at trial showed that, in 2008, the Shermans produced approximately 40 images of two pre-pubescent children engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

At the time Ricky Sherman was arrested for the federal offenses, he was on probation for a previous state offense. The investigation started when state authorities received a tip that Rickey Sherman violated terms of his probation by having access to a computer. The evidence revealed that Rickey Sherman contacted his wife as the investigation was underway, and she subsequently attempted to conceal a camera from law enforcement. The camera was recovered and found to contain the produced child pornography images.

Ricky Sherman owned Truck Town Repair in Laurel County. He and his wife were indicted in September 2011.

Kerry B. Harvey, U.S Attorney for Eastern District Kentucky; Perrye Turner, Special Agent in Charge, FBI; and Stewart Walker, Chief of the London Police Department, jointly announced the convictions.

The investigation was conducted by the FBI and the London Police Department. The U.S. Attorney’s Office was represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jason Parman.

The Shermans will appear for sentencing on June 4, 2013. They face a minimum of 15 years in prison and a maximum of life. The couple will have to serve a minimum of 85 percent of the prison sentences imposed. The court will impose a sentence after reviewing the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and the federal statutes.

A former city youth faces allegations he molested two 7-year-old children in December 2011.

Matthew Goditt, 18, who now lives in Virginia where he is on probation for the same charges involving the same children, was arraigned Thursday in Attleboro District Court.

He was ordered held in jail on $10,000 cash bail or $100,000 surety after pleading innocent to two counts of indecent assault and battery on children under 14.

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Goditt is known to the alleged victims, authorities said.

His lawyer, Donna Bentley of Attleboro, told the court there may be a question as to whether her client is competent to stand trial. Similar questions were raised in the Virginia case before he was found competent in that case, she said.

The case was continued to March 7, when Goditt is expected to talk to a court mental health official.