COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – A Branch County man facing a trio of registered sex offender violation charges was arraigned yesterday in District Court and is being held on $15,000 bond at the Branch County Jail. Authorities say 44-year old Matthew Belanger of Quincy surrendered to Michigan State Police last Friday.
Belanger is facing charges of failure to register as a sex offender, student safety zone residency violation and failure to pay sex offender registration fee. The jail listed Belanger’s address in Quincy as 70 Glenn Avenue. He was convicted of incest in Leelanau County in 2003 on two counts each of third degree and fourth degree criminal sexual conduct.
Belanger is due back in Branch County District Court for a probable cause hearing on January 26, 2016.
