MI- Teen sex convict to remain in custody

Apparently mom thinks only STRANGERS will commit sex offenses, mom needs to wake up and teach her children differently as the majority of sex offenses are committed by someone known to the victim. i.e., friend, neighbor, acquaintance etc. I wonder what kind of assault this was, touching or something further which would help understand why the prosecutor went full tilt with 1st degree charges.

5-26-2009 Michigan:

A then-13-year-old Brighton boy who assaulted a then-7-year-old girl at the Brighton library in 2005 will remain in state custody.

At a review hearing in juvenile court Friday, Livingston County Attorney Referee Stacy Combs found the teen, now 17, was doing well in some areas, but not in core issues. The judge found the teen is remorseful for his acts, but he remains a “high risk.”

At the teen’s March 2006 sentencing, the boy was described as a predator whose impulses make him likely to sexually assault again.

Then-Attorney Referee Kathleen M. Oemke ordered the teen to undergo sex offender therapy.

According to testimony, the teen approached the 7-year-old girl and her mother Dec. 13, 2005, and falsely identified himself as a volunteer at the library. The mother said the teen gained their trust so that when he approached her daughter a second time, her daughter did not see the teen as a stranger her parents warned her about.

The teen convinced the little girl that her mother said it was all right to come with him inside the bathroom. Once inside a stall, the teen assaulted the girl. He fled only when someone else entered the bathroom.

Because of two children’s ages, the Daily Press & Argus is not identifying either child.

The teen pleaded guilty in February 2006 to second-degree criminal sexual conduct and gross indecency.

In exchange for the teen’s pleas, the Livingston County prosecuting attorney’s office agreed to dismiss charges of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and accosting a child for immoral purposes. ..News Source.. by LISA ROOSE-CHURCH