(ABC 6 News) – A former Olmsted County deputy accused of soliciting sex from a child and possessing child pornography received permission to spend unsupervised time with his own children and limited internet access Wednesday, Jan. 24.

In November of 2023, Mathew Adamson, then an Olmsted County Adult Detention Center deputy, was arrested in a child solicitation sting.

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After his first arrest, Steele County judge Joseph A. Bueltel ruled that Adamson could see his children, as long as Child Protective Services approves visits, and that he could access the internet with devices that Mower County downloaded monitoring services onto — but could not access social media, pornography sites, dating sites, escort services, or use any device without monitoring services installed.

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Shortly thereafter, Adamson was re-arrested and charged with several counts of possessing child pornography, placing hidden cameras in bathrooms, and saving nude photos of Olmsted County ADC detainees to his personal devices.

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Winona County Judge Mary Leahy imposed conditions of release that did not allow Adamson access to internet-capable devices, according to court records.

After his second arrest, Adamson filed a motion to allow him unsupervised access to his own children, and included a letter from an immediate family member detailing difficulties transporting the children to school and extracurriculars without help.

Scott Springer, the assistant Mower County attorney prosecuting Adamson’s case, did not object to the unsupervised visits, and Bueltel approved the motion.

Springer did object to Adamson’s use of internet, even with monitoring software installed on his home devices, but conceded that Bueltel had already allowed it in one of the two cases.

“We don’t give murder defendants firearms and say, ‘You can only use these in legally permissible ways,'” Springer said. “And (the internet) is the tool in this crime.”

Adamson’s next hearing was not scheduled Jan. 24.