By Jim Measel
May 3, 2021 6:29 PM
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) â A Coldwater man was arraigned Monday in Branch County District Court on five counts for allegedly being in possession of sexually explicit materials involving children.
Branch County Prosecutors filed charges against 34-year-old Robert Sloan following a Michigan State Police investigation.
He has been charged with four counts of aggravated possession of child sexually abusive materials as well as a charge of using a computer to commit a crime.
According to Branch County court documents, a State Police investigator obtained a search warrant for Sloanâs residence which allowed him to seize electronic devices. The report stated about 250 sexually explicit photographs involving young children were found on the computer, phone and hard drive.
Saginaw man arraigned on two CSC counts in Branch County District Court By Jim Measel
Apr 28, 2021 | 2:04 PM
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) â A Saginaw man was arraigned on first and second degree criminal sexual conduct charges on Tuesday in Branch County District Court in connection with alleged incidents that took place sometime between December 1, 2019 and January 31, 2020.
21-year-old Skyler Rathburn was charged by Branch County Prosecutors following a Coldwater Police Department investigation.
According to court documents, the alleged victim in the case was a girl who was nine-years-old at the time.
Bond was set at $50,000. Should Rathburn post bond, no contact orders were entered on behalf of the alleged victim and on behalf of any minor child.
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) â A man charged with sex crimes involving a boy who was 11-years-old at the time was ordered to serve time in the Michigan Department of Corrections on Monday in Branch County Circuit Court.
After he was originally charged with three counts of first degree criminal sexual conduct, 20-year-old Berlin Frederick Hasch III entered guilty pleas to a pair of second degree criminal sexual conduct charges as well as a sexual assault count.
His concurrent prison sentences on the three counts will total between 44 months and 15 years.
Hasch was given credit for 340 days already served in jail.
He had a listed address of Angola, Indiana at the time he was charged following a Michigan State Police investigation into incidents between October of 2019 and January 2020.
18-year-old Michael Leeroy Miller was arrested following a Bronson Police Department investigation.
Branch County Prosecutors have charged him with first and second criminal sexual conduct.
According to court documents, Miller is accused of threatening the alleged 12-year-old female victim with a knife at the time of the incident.
Bond has been set at $100,000. A probable cause hearing has been scheduled for next Thursday with a District Court preliminary exam set for January 20.
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Jan 7, 2021 10:01 AM
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – A Coldwater man was arraigned on Thursday afternoon in Branch County District Court on ten charges involving child sex crimes.
68-year-old Dennis Roger Watson was booked at the Branch County Jail on a warrant late Wednesday afternoon following a Michigan State Police investigation into the alleged crimes which according to court documents go back to 2015.
Branch County Prosecutors filed five counts of second degree criminal sexual conduct against Watson along with three first degree C.S.C. counts.
Watson is also facing charges of aggravated possession of child sexually abusive material and using a computer in the commission of a crime.