A Bloomington man who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl he met on Snapchat has been sentenced to four years in prison, followed by 10 years of conditional release. Matthew Stephen Vohnoutka pleaded guilty to two counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct involving a person under 18 after charges said he lured the teen to his home, gave her THC beverages and assaulted her while taking photos and video.
A Meeting on Snapchat Led to a December Assault
According to CBS News, Vohnoutka was sentenced on Monday to four years in prison and will serve 10 years of conditional release once he's out. The case stems from an encounter that began online: the victim told officers she had met Vohnoutka on Snapchat roughly two weeks before the assault, the outlet reported.
On December 15, 2025, Vohnoutka allegedly invited the teen to his home and offered her money just to hang out, per the same account. When she told him she was 16, the complaint says he replied, “That makes it more fun.”
Charges Describe THC Drinks and Multiple Assaults
Charges say Vohnoutka provided the teen with a THC beverage, and the station's report notes the charging documents reference the teen consuming a second one before he sexually assaulted her multiple times that day. The victim later told police that Vohnoutka was taking photos and videos of her during the assault, according to the report.
Officers took a sexual assault report at Children's Hospital the following day, December 16, 2025, the outlet reported. Court records reviewed by CBS News do not agree on Vohnoutka's exact age — he has been identified both as 38 in CBS News's own coverage and as 37 by HometownSource, which also identified him as a Bloomington man.
What Minnesota Law Says About the Charges
Vohnoutka pleaded guilty to two counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct with a person under 18. Under Minnesota law, a person can be guilty of third-degree criminal sexual conduct for engaging in sexual penetration with someone under 18 when certain listed circumstances apply, according to the Minnesota Revisor of Statutes. A related statute cited by the Revisor's office states that, under the specified circumstances, a person must be placed on conditional release for 10 years, minus any time already served on supervised release.
Other Minnesota cases involving third-degree criminal sexual conduct have drawn a range of sentences. In St. Paul, 20-year-old Rakai Eugene Davis was sentenced to 23 years in prison followed by lifetime conditional release for a string of sexual assaults, according to CBS Minnesota. In Beltrami County, Kyle Arthur Charles Schuh, 30, of Bemidji, received 62 months — five years and two months — for third-degree criminal sexual conduct and unlawful ammunition possession, per a report from The Watch MN.
