On Friday May 2, 77-year-old Carlton Lindbergh Johnson, a longtime pastor of a church in Muskegon, was found guilty on two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and one count of second-degree CSC in connection with the rapes and inappropriate touching of three female relatives when they were young, according…
In 2011, a woman who is now 41 years old was allegedly raped near a playground at Jessie Loomis Elementary School by someone she claimed was following her. Now, a judge in the case is asking for additional DNA information after the woman could not identify 21-year-old Kevin D. Champion…
On Monday March 10, 25-year-old Joshua A. Kara of Pinconning was sentenced to one year in jail after pleading no contest to the sexual assault of his girlfriend’s teenage daughter, according to news reports at Mlive.com. Upon his release from jail, Kara was ordered to serve five years of probation.…
Three Oakland County teens were recently charged with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old Clawson High School girl after they allegedly used a cell phone to capture sex acts between themselves and the victim, according to news reports. The Macomb Daily identified the three teenagers as 17-year-old Travion Watkins and 18-year-old Terry…
On January 17, 22-year-old Brandon W. Payne was arraigned on charges of sexual assault. Payne pleaded not guilty to three counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct against someone under the age of 13 and against a relative according to news reports at Mlive.com. He is accused of sexually assaulting a…
On Friday January 17, Alfidio Benitez Cruz was arrested for alleged sexual assault after his own 4-year-old son was found wandering alone in his Grand Rapids neighborhood. Police responded to Cruz’s home after a passing motorist found his son in the area of Buchanan Avenue and Griggs Street SW, crying…
In October of this year, Bradley Aldrich was charged with multiple sex offenses according to Examiner.com. Aldrich, who is 30 years old, was a volunteer coach for the Houghton High School hockey team according to Uppermichiganssource.com. The Examiner claims Aldrich was the assistant coach, and that he was suspended indefinitely…
Derrick Conway, a 50-year-old Saginaw man, has been charged with sexually assaulting a mentally handicapped woman from April to June of this year, according to a news article at Mlive.com. Conway, who was charged with five counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, underwent examination to determine if he is mentally…
On Tuesday December 3, 38-year-old Thabet Mahdi Saleh of Grand Rapids pleaded guilty to soliciting young girls for sex using Facebook, according to a news article at Mlive.com. Because of his guilty plea, Saleh could escape serving prison time. Saleh agreed to a plea deal in which two charges would…
In September, we wrote about 44-year-old William Meni, a Gwinn man who had been charged with eight counts for the alleged sexual abuse of three children who were younger than 13 years old at the time the sexual abuse occurred. The alleged sexual assaults took place in 1995 & 1996,…