Former District 6B House Representative Jason Metsa has been charged with one count of providing alcohol to a minor.

Metsa was arrested on July 6th for probable cause of criminal sexual misconduct in the 3rd degree and was released on July 9th without charges.

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According to St Louis County Courthouse case documents, an eighteen-year-old female spoke to an investigator at the St Louis County Sheriff’s Office on July 6th, stating that she met Metsa on the dating app Tinder and was invited to Metsa’s cabin on July 4th, which is located in Beatty Township.

The female, along with Metsa went to Metsa’s cabin after stopping in Hibbing to pick up one of Metsa’s friends. At the cabin the female began drinking alcohol. The female states she drank about four shots of alcohol and became tipsy but remained cognizant and rational.

On July 6th, deputies executed a search warrant on Metsa’s cabin and located what appeared to be alcoholic beverages.

In Metsa’s mirandized statement on July 9th, Metsa admitted to meeting the female on Tinder, inviting and transporting her to his cabin and offering her a shot of whiskey. He also indicated beverages at the cabin were communal for everyone.

Metsa also confirmed that the female’s Tinder account indicated her age as eighteen, and he confirmed this with the female when he picked her up on July 4th.

Metsa is currently scheduled to appear in court on October 9th, 2024.