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Flint Will Get Almost $1 Million To Test Backlogged Rape Kits
The issue of backlogged rape kits has received a significant amount of press in recent years. Everyone from NPR to the Huffington Post has covered the subject, instigating a slow, angry pressure that has built across the U.S. in an effort to instigate change. Michigan was at the forefront of that movement. Detroit…
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Jackson Teacher Convicted of Sending Inappropriate Texts to Student
After two hours of deliberations, a Jackson County, Michigan jury of twelve found Jonathan Hastings guilty of sending sexually inappropriate texts to one of his students. The former Jackson high school teacher and baseball coach is now facing up to ten years in prison and the prospect of being on the Michigan Sex Offender…
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Backpage Raided, CEO Charged With Sex Trafficking
The CEO of Backpage.com, a free online classified ad site, has been arrested for sex trafficking. Although this case is based in Texas (which is about as far away from Michigan as it’s possible to get while still remaining in the continental U.S.) we wanted to share this with our readers because Backpage is…
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Former USA Gymnastics Doctor Accused of Molesting Multiple Teens
The name ‘Dr. Larry Nassar’ may not mean much to you, but in certain circles he is something of a celebrity. An osteopathic physician who specialized in sports medicine, Nassar was a faculty member at Michigan State University and the team physician for USA Gymnastics. In addition, he was a team physician for a…
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Michigan Man Gets 240 Years In Prison For Child Porn
Jeffrey Duane Cox, a 44-year-old resident of Albion in Calhoun County, MI, has been sentenced to 240 years in a federal prison for the sexual assault of seven children. The substantial number of years, coupled with Cox’s age, means that it’s very likely that he will serve out the remainder of his life behind…
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Ranzenberger Pleads Guilty to Child Porn Possession
A former Central Michigan University faculty member Mark Ranzenberger appeared in the U.S. District Court recently, where he pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography. He also admitted to sexually abusing a minor on a regular basis, from 1995 through 2002. The investigation began when a Central Michigan University students reported that Ranzenberger had…
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Indecent Exposure – What You Need To Know
The term ‘indecent exposure’ tends to conjure the image of some drunk guy, urinating in a parking lot after staggering around in search of a bathroom. Or perhaps you think about a furtive man in a public park, wearing nothing but a trench coat that he whips open as soon as some young girl…
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CMU Student Accused of Exchanging Sexual Texts With 12 Year Old
Brendan Baia, a 19-year-old former student at Central Michigan University, is facing criminal charges for allegedly exchanging sexual text messages with a 12-year-old girl. Court documents reveal that all of the alleged text exchanges took place in August of this year. According to police records, the interactions were initially discovered by the girl’s…
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Suspected ‘Serial Rapist’ Arrested in Dearborn, MI
Ikeie Ranordo Smith is the man police say was behind dozens of sexual assaults that took place in Wayne County, Michigan. He has been arrested and is being held, but the investigation is continuing, with allegations of 35 separate instances of home invasion and rape on record so far. According to police, the…
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Grand Rapids Man Accused of Trying to Purchase Children
A 29-year-old man from Grand Rapids, Michigan is accused of trying to purchase children for the purposes of sexual assault. Police say that the assaults hadn’t happened yet when they arrested him, but he was prepared for them. According to police, the Kent County man named Riggs attempted to purchase children online in…
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