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Article on LE Activity in Lansing, MI
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May 7th, 2016
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yep, read the Detroit Free Press earlier today. the story links to this gem in Lansing: Police reports, along with court records, offer a glimpse into prostitution and sex trafficking in Greater Lansing, an issue shoved into the spotlight by the March 14 arrest of longtime Ingham County Prosecutor Stuart Dunnings on multiple prostitution-related charges. Ingham County Prosecuting Attorney Stuart Dunnings, 63, is facing 15 criminal charges in three counties, including one felony in Ingham County that carries a maximum sentence of up to 20 years in prison. Dunnings is charged with pandering, engaging in the services of a prostitute and willful neglect of duty. The charges are the result of a yearlong investigation by the Ingham County Sheriff's Office, the FBI and the Attorney General's Office. Information gathered during a federal human trafficking case prompted the local investigation. At a news conference announcing the charges, Attorney General Bill Schuette said Dunnings paid for sex hundreds of times over the past several years and used the power of his office to coerce one woman to be paid for sex. Dunnings has been Ingham County's prosecutor since 1997. He was last elected in 2012. He is free on bond and is on indefinite leave. Dunnings' wife filed for divorce March 18, only 4 days after he was charged. "There has been a breakdown of the marriage relationship to the extent that the objects of matrimony have been destroyed," according to the divorce filing, "and there remains no reasonable likelihood that the marriage can be preserved." Jeffrey Ray, attorney for Dunnings' wife, told the State Journal on Tuesday that his client "was shocked" at the criminal charges and allegations. He added that Dunnings was served on Tuesday with the divorce papers. http://www.freep.com/story/news/loca...lity/82204030/
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This -------> Lansing Police Public Information Director Robert Merritt said "prostitution is a low priority for Lansing police. They are more focused on violent crimes and guns, especially since a majority of the sex trade has shifted from street corners to websites such as Backpage.com. " "We're not getting calls or the community demand to take action," Merritt said. "It's put the enforcement demand way down." <------------ This And This -------> "Yet police would find more if they looked more," said Jeannie Kennedy, an Elsie woman who once was trafficked in Las Vegas and later worked as a prostitute in Michigan. "Anywhere sex is sold — on the street, on a pole, on a massage table — there’s a chance you'll find trafficking, " Kennedy said. "It's a sick, sad industry," Kennedy said, "And it's all pertaining to each other, whether she’s voluntarily getting into it or she’s forced into it." <-------- And This http://www.freep.com/story/news/loca...tion/84065824/
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