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Three in Battle Creek Charged With Human Trafficking
Three people, two men and one woman, have been arrested and charged in Battle Creek, MI for crimes related to human trafficking. According to police in Calhoun County, these are not the only people involved in this case – there are two others who are in custody but have not yet been charged, with…
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Kalamazoo Teacher Charged With CSC With a Minor
A Vicksburg, Michigan teacher has been placed on administrative leave after being arrested for allegedly committing a sex crime with a minor. The teacher, identified as 47-year-old Timothy Pratt of Kalamazoo, has already been arraigned in Kalamazoo County District Court and is currently out on bond. According to police records, the alleged crime…
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Charles Pugh Accused of Sex Crimes With Minor?
Michigan has had a really bad run of late, when it comes to our people in positions of authority. The Flint water crisis, which had celebrities on the other side of the country calling for Governor Snyder’s head on a platter, the sex scandal involving two of our state legislators, the arrest of Ingham…
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Michigan Court of Appeals Upholds Former Teacher’s Rape Conviction
In November of 2014, Abigail Simon was convicted of First Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct (CSC) because of a highly controversial relationship she had with one of her students. The boy, a teen at the Catholic high school where Simon was an athletic tutor, is 18 now and has filed a lawsuit against Simon and the…
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Former Flint Police Sergeant Enters Plea in Sex Abuse Case
Lawrence B. Woods, the retired Flint police officer facing 16 counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, has pled guilty to the crimes he has been accused of. They are the sexual assault of children in Genesee County and also the creation of child pornography. A news release from the Flint Police Department stated that…
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Howell Teacher Indicted On Federal Child Porn Charges
Duane William Millar, a 59-year-old coach and teacher for Howell, Michigan Public Schools, has been charged for allegedly possessing child pornography. The charges were brought on a state level when the allegations initially came to light, the Ingham County Prosecutor has since recommended that the case be prosecuted on a federal level. According to…
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Farmington Hills Cop Charged With Kiddie Porn Possession
Matthew Parsons, a 48-year-old officer with the Farmington Hills Police Department in Oakland County has been a police officer for 20 years. But now, he has been charged with the use of child pornography. He appeared before Oakland County 51st District Court Judge Richard Kuhn for his probable cause hearing late in the day on…
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FBI Won’t Reveal Hack, So Evidence Is Tossed!
As technology becomes more complex, it gets used in more insidious ways around the world to achieve illegal means and commit crimes. This is an undisputed fact. this presents a dilemma for law enforcement because they are left scrambling to catch up. When they do catch up, they are often reluctant to reveal exactly how…
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‘Glee’ Mark Salling Star Facing Child Pornography Charges
Mark Salling has been famous for years, known to millions of fans as the good hearted bad boy Noah “Puck” Puckerman on the well loved show Glee. According to news releases from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California, Salling is now famous for something far less endearing than feel-good singing performances…
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St. John’s Man Accused Of Sexually Assaulting 15-Year-Old Girl
In February of 2016, Jared Andrew Fox was accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl that he had met online. The alleged incident took place in October of 2015, in Meridian Township. As a result of this incident and the subsequent investigation, Fox is now facing sexual assault charges in Ingham County, and child…