Second teen accuses Chisholm man in expanding sex assault case
A second teen’s accusation pushed the Chisholm case against Tyler Vincent Vidovic into a first-degree felony filing, while a federal sex case in Wisconsin remained active.
A second teen’s accusation pushed the St. Louis County case against Chisholm man Tyler Vincent Vidovic into a more serious felony filing, adding a state sex-assault charge to a federal case that was already underway. The 25-year-old was booked into the St. Louis County jail on June 10, and the county case summary later listed a first-degree criminal sexual conduct charge involving a minor under 18, contact under 14 and fear of great bodily harm. His jail booking record also listed a fifth-degree criminal sexual conduct count tied to the arrest.
The new allegations reached Duluth police in May, while Vidovic was on pretrial supervised release from a Wisconsin federal court. Investigators first began looking at the case after a high school student told school staff they were being stalked by an older male, a report that raised concern the teen could be abducted. The later accusation from a second teen, identified in reporting as a 16-year-old girl, widened the case and put officers in position to examine whether there were other potential victims or earlier warning signs.
Vidovic’s federal court history stretches back to Jan. 14, when he had an initial appearance in Minnesota federal court in removal proceedings tied to charges from the Western District of Wisconsin. He was already facing a federal charge of transporting a minor across state lines when the Minnesota allegations surfaced, leaving state and federal authorities to work parallel cases involving the same defendant.
For St. Louis County prosecutors, the June 12 filing means the case now carries a first-degree felony allegation that can move forward separately from the federal matter. The short timeline, from a May school report to a June jail booking and felony filing, shows how quickly the case escalated once a second teen came forward. In Chisholm, that sequence now hangs over schools, families and police as investigators decide whether the record points to additional victims or missed warning signs.
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