18-year-old Michigan man faces second sex offense in one year

Watson faces up to 15 years in prison

Shane William Watson's mug shot/WOODTV

COLDWATER, Mich. – An 18-year-old Michigan man is facing additional sexual conduct charges less than one year after being charged with impregnanating a mentally disabled teen. 

WOODTV reports Shane William Watson was arrested Friday by Coldwater police. He faces charges of third-degree criminal sexual conduct, accosting a child for immoral purposes and using the internet to commit a crime.

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The victim in the case is between the ages of 13 and 15.

Watson faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted of these new charges.

Branch County police told WOODTV that a complaint of a similar nature led to his arrest last November. 

Watson, who was 17-years-old at the time, reportedly had sex with a 15-year-old girl with a mental age of about 10-years-old. He was charged with criminal sexual conduct third degree when the girl became pregnant in that case.

 

 

 

 


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