Jory Wiebrand, a 35-year-old Ham Lake man, who sexually assaulted multiple women between 2015 and 2020, was sentenced to 550 months in prison after pleading guilty to five counts of criminal sexual conduct, the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office announced Friday.
On Jan. 14, Wiebrand pleaded guilty to four counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and one count of second-degree criminal sexual conduct. Friday, Wiebrand was sentenced by Judge Kerry Meyer to 550 months in prison.
Four of the survivors of Wiebrand’s attacks presented impact statements to the Court. Their statements outlined the emotional and physical trauma they experienced during and after their violent sexual assaults, the daily challenges they face resulting from such horrific crimes, and how they are coping presently.
In a brief response, Wiebrand stated he was “sorry for his actions.”
After sentencing, survivor Brooke Morath spoke to local news outlet WCCO.
In addition to pleading guilty to the five cases, the plea agreement stipulates that Wiebrand must register as a predatory sexual offender, be on conditional release for the remainder of his life, and pay restitution to the survivors of the sexual assault. The cases Wiebrand pleaded guilty to are as follows:
- First-degree criminal sexual conduct – case 27-CR-20-10963. On March 23, 2015, Wiebrand sexually assaulted a woman as she was cleaning snow of her car at the 1300 block of 7th Street SE in Minneapolis. Sentence length: 172 months in prison; 344 days of credit; served consecutively with cases 27-CR-11960, 27-CR-10942, and 27-CR-11167.
- First-degree criminal sexual conduct – case 27-CR-20-11960. On February 25, 2018, Wiebrand sexually assaulted a woman in her yard at the 800 block of 20th Avenue NE in Minneapolis after she came home from shopping at a convenience store. Sentence length: 144 months in prison; served consecutively with cases 27-CR-11963, 27-CR-10942, and 27-CR-11167.
- First-degree criminal sexual conduct – case 27-CR-20-10942. On August 4, 2018, Wiebrand attacked a woman as she entered her home at the 800 block of 6th Street SE Minneapolis and proceeded to sexually assault and rob her. Sentence length: 144 months in prison; served consecutively with cases 27-CR-11963, 27-CR-11960, and 27-CR-11167.
- Second-degree criminal sexual conduct – case 27-CR-20-11167. On February 8, 2019, Wiebrand attacked and sexually assaulted a woman as she was on her way to a bus stop near the 600 block of 8th Street SE in Minneapolis. Sentence length: 90 months in prison; served consecutively with cases 27-CR-11963, 27-CR-11960, and 27-CR-20-10942.
- First-degree criminal sexual conduct – case 27-CR-20-9853. On August 7, 2019, Wiebrand attacked and sexually assaulted a woman after she got out of the shower at her home on the 700 block of 4th Street SE in Minneapolis. Sentence length: 360 months in prison; concurrent to the other cases.
