Articles tagged:sexual assault

Posted: Thu May 17 5:57 a.m. by Tom Perkins AnnArbor.com Freelance Journalist
Officials: West Willow security cameras' value 'demonstrated in dramatic fashion' with sex assault arrest

Nearly a year after Ypsilanti Township installed five public surveillance cameras in the West Willow neighborhood, one camera captured an image that directly led to the arrest of a man accused of sexually assaulting several girls last week. It comes after some raised concerns that “Big Brother” was watching West ...

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Posted: Sat May 12 12:21 p.m. by Paula Gardner News Director
West Willow sexual assault suspect charged with 13 crimes

Related story: West Willow residents take to the streets after shocking sexual assaults The 26-year-old man arrested in connection with multiple sexual attacks on girls in West Willow last week was charged Saturday morning with 13 crimes stemming from those incidents and one from April.

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Posted: Thu May 10 1:47 p.m. by Cindy Heflin News producer
Man wanted for questioning in attacks on girls in West Willow neighborhood

Police have released a photo of a man wanted for questioning in connection with attacks on three girls on their way to school in the West Willow neighborhood of Ypsilanti Township Wednesday morning.

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Posted: Wed May 9 9:41 a.m. by Kyle Feldscher Crime and courts reporter
Parents warned after attempted child sex assaults and abduction Wednesday morning

Parents are urged to be on high alert after one man sexually assaulted two young girls and attempted to abduct another in the West Willow neighborhood of Ypsilanti Township Wednesday morning. Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Derrick Jackson said the first report came in at 7 a.m. Wednesday from a ...

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Posted: Thu Apr 5 5:57 a.m. by Danny Shaw
U-M, EMU to 'Take Back the Night' with rallies against sexual assault

The University of Michigan Diag will be the starting point for tonight's "Take Back the Night" rally and march, an annual event focused on raising awareness about sexual assault and supporting its victims.

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Posted: Wed Feb 29 11:20 a.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter
Police investigate reported sexual assault at U-M Hospital

University of Michigan police continue to investigate a report that a patient was sexually assaulted last week at U-M Hospital. A 20-year-old Ypsilanti woman was walking in a hall to her hospital room at about noon Feb. 23 when another patient reportedly touched her groin area, police said.

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Posted: Tue Feb 28 8:10 a.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter
Convicted sex offender from Ypsilanti faces new sexual assault charge

A convicted sex offender from Ypsilanti is accused of sexually assaulting a 20-year-old man in June of 2010 in Orion Township, Oakland County sheriff's deputies said. Dervin Mood, 75, is charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct and is expected to be arraigned Tuesday at 52-3 District Court in Rochester Hills, ...

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Posted: Wed Feb 22 2:59 p.m. by Danielle Arndt K-12 education reporter
Lawyer: Ann Arbor Public Schools investigating alleged Eberwhite sexual assault

The Ann Arbor school district is conducting a thorough investigation of allegations made in a lawsuit claiming a former Eberwhite Elementary School pupil was sexually assaulted by another student, the district's attorney said Wednesday.

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Posted: Wed Jan 18 9:45 a.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter

A woman reported Tuesday morning that she was forced to do heroin and sexually assaulted during the night at a home in the 100 block of North Summit Street, Ypsilanti police said. The 18-year-old woman reported the assault at 11 a.m., police said. At some point, she went to St. ...

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Posted: Thu Dec 8 8:50 a.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter

A man is accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting a child at a home on Nash Avenue in Ypsilanti Township, Washtenaw County court records show. Spencer Alexander-McCoy Allen, 32, of Jackson, is charged with four counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct involving a child under age 13.

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Posted: Mon Nov 28 10 a.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter

A woman was sexually assaulted Friday night while she was walking in the 600 block of Miller Avenue, Ann Arbor police said. The 51-year-old Ann Arbor woman was walking west on Miller Avenue near Fountain at about 8:20 p.m. after leaving a friend's house, when a man approached and grabbed ...

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Posted: Fri Oct 7 4:49 p.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter

A man is accused of groping a man who was on a bicycle early Thursday morning near the intersection of 4th Avenue and East Ann Street, Ann Arbor police said. Hugo Gallardo Petatan, 23, who investigators say recently moved to the Ypsilanti area, was arraigned this afternoon at the Washtenaw ...

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Posted: Fri Sep 30 1:41 p.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter
Teenager charged with sexually assaulting hospital patient held on $200,000 bond

A teenager accused of sexually assaulting a female patient at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital in August is being held on a $200,000 cash bond. Soumo Gorden Kennedy, 17, who has no fixed address, was arraigned this afternoon.

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Posted: Fri Sep 30 12:22 p.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter

Previous story: Arrest made after woman claims she was sexually assaulted at U-M's Mott Children's Hospital A 17-year-old boy has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman in August at U-M's C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, where she was a patient. Soumo Gorden Kennedy, who has no fixed address, was charged ...

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Posted: Wed Sep 28 1:15 p.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter
Man accused of fondling Ann Arbor woman has prior sexual assault conviction

A man accused of grabbing a woman's buttocks Monday night on Ann Arbor's Old West Side was previously convicted of sexually assaulting a jogger in the city, court records show. Jeremy Kenneth Bolen, 18, was arraigned Tuesday afternoon at the Washtenaw County Jail on a charge of fourth-degree criminal sexual ...

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