According to the Detroit News, a 19-year-old was charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct for allegedly having sex with a 13-year-old girl he met on Facebook. Third degree sexual conduct is sometimes referred to as “statutory rape.” Here, the 19-year-old boy had been hiding in the girl’s bedroom for up…
Any one convicted of rape in Michigan may soon permanently lose their medical license. According to News Channel 3 out of Lansing, the Michigan House of Representatives has just passed a bi-partisan package that would forever strip people convicted of criminal sexual conduct of their medical licenses. This includes doctors,…
On Monday, a man was arrested in the alleged sexual assault of an Eastern Michigan University student. The student reported that she woke up to find the man on top of her with a knife. He allegedly raped her and then fled. He is now being charged with first-degree criminal…
The Michigan Supreme Court has reversed last year’s court of appeal’s decision that a South Lyon man was free to go home because “double-jeopardy” barred him from being tried for a criminal sexual misconduct in Lenawee County. Double jeopardy bars the prosecution of an individual for a crime for which…
Tonya Craft, a former Georgia kindergarten teacher who’s child molestation trial captured the nation’s attention, was acquitted Tuesday on charges of molesting three girls, ages 5 and 6. She was found not guilty on all counts including child molestation, sexual battery and aggravated child molestation. Had she been found guilty,…
According to the Grand Rapids Press, a lawsuit has been filed on behalf of four homeless individuals with criminal convictions for minor sex offenses to allow them to stay in homeless shelters. The suit was filed in the Ingham County Circuit Court before the State asked to move it to…
Washtenaw County prosecutors dropped criminal charges against a Pittsfield Township sex offender accused of illegally living near a school. Matthew Freeman, now a 23-year-old man, was arrested and convicted when he was 17 of having consensual sex with his 15 year-old girlfriend. Because his girlfriend was under the age of…
According to WNDU local news, Lake Michigan College is no longer admitting people convicted of sex crimes against children and those listed on Michigan’s sex registry. This broad rule could affect students who pose no threat, especially those convicted on juvenile charges who could benefit most from educational opportunities and…
It seems these days that every teenager in Michigan owns a cellular telephone and most phones are equipped with a camera. These factors are a dangerous mix for the approximately twenty (20%) of teenagers, according to a recent survey, who send sexually explicit images via their cellular telephones. Teenagers naturally…