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A high-risk predatory offender living in rural Alden pleaded guilty in Freeborn County District Court on Thursday to a predatory offender registration violation for having a phone number that he did not disclose on his registration.

Jason Michael Sokolofsky, 41, faced three counts tied to registration violations and one count of fifth-degree controlled substance possession stemming from contact authorities made with him in March 2022.

Sokolofsky, who is classified as a Level 3 offender, is court-ordered to register with the Minnesota Predatory Offender Registration at the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension through March 4, 2035. Registration includes reporting addresses of primary and secondary residences; any property owned, leased or rented in the state; employment addresses; the year, make, model, license plate and color of vehicles owned or regularly driven; as well as all telephone numbers including work, school, home and cellular telephone service.

According to the Minnesota Department of Corrections, Sokolofsky, 41, engaged in sexual contact with a known female teenager when he was 25, taking advantage of the victim’s vulnerable state to gain compliance.

Court documents state Freeborn County Sheriff’s Office deputies made contact with Sokolofsky in March 2022, and he told them his current phone number, which was different than any of the other phone numbers listed on his registration. He also provided a vehicle registration not on the registration.

A few days later, a detective interviewed Sokolofsky and he reportedly admitted to having two additional new phone numbers and acknowledged there had been three numbers not reported. Two other phone numbers were registered.

He said his wife had reportedly had the vehicle for about a year, and he acknowledged he had access to it.

When he was arrested, authorities found a silver tube that contained methamphetamine.

Sokolofsky was previously convicted of predatory offender failure to register in 2017.

The charge he pleaded guilty to on Thursday carries with it a two-year mandatory minimum prison sentence.