The potential consequences are far more severe for one of the nine men charged this week with soliciting prostitution following an undercover sting operation by Bloomington police. That man is 40-year-old Justin Eichorn of Grand Rapids,

Police in the Twin Cities say a Grand Rapids man, who is a state senator, has been arrested for allegedly trying to solicit sex from a minor.

Formal charges were filed against Republican state Sen. Justin Eichorn (R- Grand Rapids). Eichorn was arrested in Bloomington Monday on suspicion of soliciting an underage girl for sex after arranging meeting with a detective posing as 17-year old.