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Kent City Man Charged With Criminal Sexual Conduct.

A man in Kent City has been charged with first and second-degree criminal sexual conduct after it was alleged that he sexually assaulted a girl who was only nine years old at the time of the alleged assault.   According to an article in Mlive.com, David Fricke waived his probable cause hearing last week and remains jailed on a bond of $10,000.

The Mlive.com article states that Fricke allegedly had sexual relations with the victim last November.  Mr. Fricke claimed the girl initiated the sexual contact. Mr. Fricke claimed that he was taking a shower and the girl approached him and that he asked her to leave.  Fricke claimed to have found the girl in his bed at some point after the shower as well.

The charge of first-degree criminal sexual conduct carries serious prison time! The maximum prison term for first-degree CSC is life!

Engaging in any sexual contact with a girl that young is illegal.  In Michigan, having sexual contact with a child who is under the age of 13 is the most serious of criminal sexual conduct charges (CSC 1st). When children are involved, it can be tough to determine if the child was assaulted or the person charged with the crime was wrongly accused.  Children can be coerced into making up stories of being assaulted sometimes by a parent.

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