MI- Charge against sex offender dropped

Given there is no clear definition of "loitering" I'm not surprised at this outcome.

2-24-2009 Michigan:

MUSKEGON COUNTY -- A misdemeanor case against a Norton Shores sex offender, charged in November with hanging out near an elementary school, has been dismissed "for further investigation."

The case against Darwin Michael Brown, 44, was dropped Friday. Brown had been scheduled for trial Friday in 60th District Court on a charge of being a sex offender loitering near a school, in this case Churchill Elementary. That's a misdemeanor carrying a penalty of up to a year in jail.

Brown, a registered sex offender, was released from prison last December after serving time for third-degree criminal sexual conduct. He was a part-time firefighter with Norton Shores when the incident with a 14-year-old boy occurred in 1994. Authorities said Brown used his position to lure the boy into several sex acts. ..News Source.. by The Muskegon Chronicle