Child Sex Crime Case Headed To Trial

(Hettinger, ND)  --  The case of a Hettinger man accused of molesting a child in a Mandan restaurant bathroom is headed to trial.  Court documents show that 58-year-old Gregg Jacobson was charged in March with a felony.  The mother of a four-year-old boy says she heard to boy crying shortly after Jacobsen left the bathroom.  She told police Jacobsen was the only person in the bathroom with her son, who said "the guy" had touched him inappropriately.  Jacobsen gave conflicting accounts to police about the events of the night in question.  He defense attorney says the state lacks evidence to move the case forward.