A man newly charged with sexually touching a female worker at the Mall of America in Bloomington last week stabbed a woman last fall after she rejected his sexual proposition. However, he was left free without being sent to prison due to a Hennepin County plea deal in January.
Cedric Casino Anderson, 48, residing in north Minneapolis has been charged in Hennepin County District Court with fifth-degree non-consensual sexual contact after charges say on Sept. 14, he approached a female Mall of America custodian and asked to borrow her mop because he made a mess washing his feet in the family restroom.
The custodian declined to allow Anderson to use the mop but went to the restroom to mop it herself. Anderson made “small talk” briefly with the custodian, then groped her buttocks with his hand, the charges say. Anderson then told the victim he was “joking,” she later told police.
The victim left the restroom and found a co-worker and then alerted mall security.
Anderson was arrested at the mall by Bloomington police and ultimately declined to make a statement to police.
The criminal complaint notes that Anderson is currently on probation for felony third-degree assault after being sentenced in a prior case on Jan. 26, 2026.
Court documents in the prior case detail that Anderson approached a female in a south Minneapolis alley in August 2025 and tried to solicit sex from her. When the victim refused, Anderson stabbed her, court documents say. In the presentence interview, Anderson stated, “I did what [she] said I did.” Anderson’s 21-month prison sentence was stayed under a plea agreement with Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty’s office that downgraded the charge from second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon. Anderson was sentenced by Gov. Tim Walz appointee Judge Julia Dayton Klein, who instead credited him with 125 days already spent in jail and placed him on probation for a term of three years.
Judge Klein has come under criticism several times since her appointment to the bench for her soft-on-crime rulings, most recently in February when she released Eddie Darren Duncan from jail after his arrest on a felony warrant, and after she ordered a competency (mental health) evaluation on him. Within hours of his release, Duncan proceeded to shoot and kill two relatives in Minneapolis, and he was subsequently shot and killed by Brooklyn Center police.
In 2021, Judge Klein stayed the sentence of Terry Brown on a DWI conviction. Two months later, Brown was involved in a mass shooting and murder at a St. Paul bar.
Court records show a probation violation report has been triggered in Anderson’s January stabbing conviction, and he remains in custody.
Anderson has prior convictions for felony domestic assault by strangulation, indecent exposure, and violation of an offensive conduct ordinance. He was also previously committed as mentally ill, and mentally ill and chemically dependent.
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