A jury has found an ex-Oakdale police officer guilty of misconduct stemming from repeated calls he made to a man who had known mental health issues and was being surveilled because of a felony arrest warrant.

Charles Anthony Nelson, 44, of Minneapolis, was convicted Wednesday in Washington County District Court of misconduct of a public officer by making false documents, a gross misdemeanor, for omitting the calls in his report of the 2022 incident.

Nelson was acquitted of misdemeanor harassing phone calls.

Nelson’s defense attorneys argued that he called the man, who had a history of mental health issues and was armed, to get him out of his house.

Prosecutors contended Nelson acted with intent to harass the man through the more than 30 calls — noting how the officer didn’t say anythin

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