Earlier this month, 46-year-old ex-Detroit police officer Geoffrey Townsend was found guilty by an Oakland County jury on six counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct. He was accused of statutory rape after allegedly becoming involved with females who attended his “Reality Check Detroit,” a boot-camp type program for troubled teens.…
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Oakland County Sheriff’s Deputy Facing CSC Charges After Allegedly Engaging in Sex with Inmate
Earlier this month, Garry Donnell Jackson, a 52-year-old corrections officer who was employed at the Oakland County Jail, was suspended after an investigation revealed that the deputy allegedly engaged in sexual activity with a female inmate. Jackson, who lives in Rochester Hills, has been employed by the Sheriff’s office since…
Trial for Gwinn Man Charged with Eight Counts of CSC Underway
On Friday September 13, trial began in the case of William Meni, a 44-year-old Gwinn man accused of criminal sexual conduct. According to a news article at Uppermichiganssource.com, Meni faces eight charges for the alleged sexual assault of three victims younger than 13 years old. The alleged sexual assaults took…
Former White Cloud Teacher and Coach Expected to Resign Following Charges of Criminal Sexual Conduct
In April of this year, a former White Cloud high school teacher and football coach was arrested and charged with five counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct, a high-court misdemeanor. A news article at Mlive.com reveals that Ethan Christopher Wendell is expected to submit a formal letter of resignation to…
First Degree CSC Charges Against Children’s Center Manager Dismissed
In December of 2010, Martin E. Court, who was 47 years old, was charged with six counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl. Court was a manager at a Flint facility for severely abused and neglected children between five and…
Kalamazoo Judge Hands Down 62-year Sentence in ‘Brutal’ Sexual Assault
In January, three men allegedly broke into a woman’s Kalamazoo Township apartment committing home invasion, rape, and kidnapping. Now, 32-year-old Danny Paul Vinson has been found guilty of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and other charges. On Monday, Vinson was sentenced to 62 years in prison by Kalamazoo County Circuit Court…
Lansing-area Doctor Sentenced to 7 to 16 Years for Sexual Assault of Patients
On Wednesday July 31, 54-year-old Kassam Hallak was sentenced by Eaton County Circuit Court Judge Janice Cunningham to seven to 15 years in prison for sexual assault. Hallak, a physician at the Charlotte Medical Center and Urgent Care, has now lost his medical license. He was convicted in June for…
Bay City Man Accepts Plea Agreement in Sexual Assault of Saginaw Girl
On Monday July 15, David J. Zuriel Jr. pleaded no contest to three counts of third-degree CSC by force or coercion before Saginaw County Circuit Judge Robert L. Kaczmarek. Zuriel was initially charged by prosecutors with three counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct against someone under the age of 13…
Ypsilanti Township Man Bound Over for Trial in Washtenaw County Circuit Court in Criminal Sexual Conduct Case
Travis Applewhite, a 27-year-old Ypsilanti Township man, recently waived his right to a preliminary hearing in a case involving alleged criminal sexual conduct with a child under 13 in the second-degree. At his May 30 court appearance before Judge Richard Conlin for a preliminary examination of the evidence against him,…
Saginaw Man Charged with Criminal Sexual Conduct to Take Polygraph
In March of this year, 59-year-old Reuben R. Martinez Sr. was charged with sexually assaulting a female relative over the course of five years. He was charged with two counts of first-degree CSC and two counts of second-degree CSC against someone under the age of 13. Now, according to a…