LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Former Delta Township Supervisor Ken Fletcher has taken a plea deal in a case stemming from a 2024 investigation that noticed him arrested on little one intercourse costs.
In September 2024, Fletcher resigned from his place as township supervisor whereas below investigation for allegedly having sexual conversations with what he thought was a 15-year-old boy on the courting app Grindr in August that yr.
Ken Fletcher’s reserving {photograph}. (Photograph: Eaton County Sheriff’s Workplace)
Investigators say the dialog moved to textual content messages from a quantity related to Fletcher, who ultimately supplied to satisfy with the boy on the Lansing Mall.
Court docket paperwork say that “15-year-old boy” was truly an undercover detective with the Eaton County Sheriff’s Workplace, and on Aug. 21, 2024, investigators with the Web Crimes In opposition to Kids Activity Pressure executed a search warrant on Fletcher’s residence in Lansing.
Detectives say Fletcher was residence and after waiving his rights he admitted to messaging a boy he believed to be 15 years previous.
Fletcher was initially charged with utilizing a pc to commit against the law and accosting a toddler for immoral purposed. He pleaded responsible to an amended cost of utilizing a pc to commit against the law Friday. The opposite cost was dismissed. Below the settlement, Fletcher will serve no up-front jail time.
Fletcher shall be sentenced earlier than Eaton County Circuit Court docket Decide Kelly E. Morton on Oct 23, at 9:00 a.m.
