Michael Zeug, police chief of Walnut Grove, the setting for Little House on the Prairie, was charged with soliciting an underage prostitute

The police chief of a town famous for being the location of the Little House on the Prairie television series has been arrested in an underage sex string.

Police Chief of Walnut Grove, Minnesota, Michael Zeug, 45, was charged on Monday with attempting to hire a minor for sex, reported the Star Tribune.

Zeug, who is the small town's only full time police officer, is accused of trying to hire a 17-year-old girl for sex.

The age of consent in Minnesota is 16, but hiring a minor for sex is a felony.

Walnut Grove is the small town where the popular series Little House on the Prairie, based on Laura Ingalls Wilder's autobiographical novels, took place.

The show starred Melissa Gilbert as Laura Ingalls and ran on NBC from 1974 to 1982.

Zeug, right, was attempting to hire a minor for sex; it's unclear if he will keep his job

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The press release from the Redwood County District Court didn't mention that Zeug happens to be the town's top cop, an omission that Redwood County Attorney Steven S. Collins defended to the Star Tribune, saying, 'I wasn't trying to hide anything. ... There were three people charged. This is typical of the releases that we do.'

The City Council scheduled an emergency meeting Monday evening to discuss Zeug's fate as the town's top cop.

'It's amazingly unfortunate for everybody,' said Collins. He also said Zeug is married with children.

Little House on the Prairie was an extremely popular TV series based on the Laura Ingalls Wilder books about her childhood. Above, cast members (from left) Melissa Gilbert, Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Melissa Sue Anderson, Lindsay or her twin, Sydney, Greenbush

The sex sting, part of Operation Guardian Angel, a multi-state, multi-agency task force that works to prevent child sex trafficking, involved undercover officers putting ads for sex with minors in Backpage and Craigslist.

Zeug reportedly told the undercover cop that hiring her wasn't his 'first time' and he wanted her to stand at the front of the house where they were to meet and 'flash him' as he drove by, to prove she wasn't with law enforcement.

He also allegedly asked her sexual questions and for her to send nude photos, according to WCCO.

The Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum in Walnut Grove is a popular tourist attraction

He faces up to five years in prison if convicted.

He remains in jail on $50,000 bond.

In Little House on the Prairie, Simi, California stood in for Walnut Creek, and patriarch Charles Ingalls was once Deputy Sheriff.