COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – A former Coldwater and St. Joseph County resident was order to serve up to 15 years in the Michigan Department of Corrections on Monday in Branch County Circuit Court for various sex crimes.
54-year-old David Michael Miller entered no contest pleas on February 3 to two counts of third degree criminal sexual conduct as well as to charges of fourth degree criminal sexual conduct and gross indecency between males.
In exchange for his pleas, another case file which contained five charges was dismissed.
The plea agreement called for Miller to get concurrent sentences of 75 months to 15 years on the third degree counts, 39 months to five years on the gross indecency charge and 16 months to two years on the fourth degree CSC count.
Miller will also be required to register as a Michigan Sex Offender for the rest of his life.
He had nine charges filed against him last July for sex crimes involving children dating back to 2008. He was arrested following a Michigan State Police investigation.
Court documents indicate the two victims were 11 or 12 years old at the time the crimes started. They told a State Police Detective about many coerced sexual acts by the defendant over a span of years in both Ohio and Indiana in a five page probable cause affidavit.
Branch County Prosecutor Zach Stempien said in a press release issued by his office that the cases in Branch, St. Joseph and LaGrange Counties have been resolved by pleas in each jurisdiction.
In St. Joseph County, Miller pled to two counts of first degree Criminal Sexual Conduct with a minimum prison term of 18 years.
The sentences in the St. Joseph County case will run concurrent with the sentences in the Branch County case.
In LaGrange County, Miller pled to a rape count with a recommendation of 10 years imprisonment in the Indiana Department of Corrections. Indiana will be seeking consecutive sentencing to the Michigan sentences.
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