COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – A former Athens Area Schools teacher who has been convicted of having sex with a student is now facing charges in Branch County for alleged incidents in Sherwood Township.
31-year-old Tyler David Millward was formally charged with four counts of third degree criminal sexual conduct during a video arraignment Thursday in Branch County District Court.
According to the Michigan Department of Corrections website, the earliest Millward can get out of prison is November 2025. If he serves the maximum time, he will be locked up until October 2038.
He is serving time at the Lakeland Correctional Facility on four convictions in Calhoun County. The convictions were for bribing or intimidating a witness, third degree criminal sexual conduct, lying to a peace officer and using a computer to commit a crime.
Millward also has a third degree criminal sexual conduct conviction in St. Joseph County.
A probable cause hearing on the Branch County charges was scheduled for November 21 with a preliminary exam November 27, 2019.
