ST. PAUL — A federal trial for former state Sen. Justin Eichorn, originally scheduled for the end of March, was pushed back until June.

Eichorn and his attorney requested the trial date be changed because of scheduling conflicts for the defense.

Eichorn was charged with soliciting a minor last spring after a prostitution sting operation in Bloomington, where an undercover police officer posed as a 17-year-old online.

The former legislator who represented Senate District 6, including the cities of Grand Rapids and Brainerd, resigned shortly after the criminal charge.

In seeking to move the date, Eichorn waived his rights to a speedy trial, but said he does intend to proceed to a jury trial.