COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – A Coldwater man was arraigned on Thursday afternoon in Branch County District Court on ten charges involving child sex crimes.
68-year-old Dennis Roger Watson was booked at the Branch County Jail on a warrant late Wednesday afternoon following a Michigan State Police investigation into the alleged crimes which according to court documents go back to 2015.
Branch County Prosecutors filed five counts of second degree criminal sexual conduct against Watson along with three first degree C.S.C. counts.
Watson is also facing charges of aggravated possession of child sexually abusive material and using a computer in the commission of a crime.
He is being held in the Branch County Jail on a total bond of $625,000.
A probable cause hearing was scheduled for next Thursday with a Branch County District Court preliminary exam set for January 20.
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