 New details have emerged a week before the federal sentencing date of former Bemidji Middle School Assistant Principal Brandon Bjorkness. Bjorkness pleaded guilty in state court to four felonies proposing as a teenage boy online while having sexual conversations with students. In documents released by Assistant U.S. Attorney Angela Munoz-Cafing, the 35-year-old Bjorkness admitted that he regularly exchanged nude and sexual explicit photographs and text messages with a teacher that he worked with at Bemidji Middle School and an 18-year-old woman who babysat his children. Bjorkness created fake social media profiles to contact at least 55 known minor victims over the course of multiple years. He also used persuaded and ticed and coerced six known minor victims to produce child pornography. Bjorkness used both his personal and Bemidji School District issued iPhones to create a permanent record of sexual explicit Snapchat messages from three known minor victims while he was serving as Assistant Principal at Bemidji Middle School. Bjorkness pleaded guilty to federal charges on September 28. He'll be sentenced on February 6 in St. Paul on one count of coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in sexual conduct and one count of production of child pornography. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.