Tennessee man sentenced to prison in 2013 Kalamazoo sexual assault case
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and last updated 2021-02-04 13:11:29-05
KALAMAZOO, Mich. â A Tennessee man has been sentenced to prison in connection with a 2013 sexual assault case in Kalamazoo, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nesselâs office announced Thursday.
Roosevelt Johnson, 64, of Memphis and formerly of Kalamazoo, was sentenced on Monday to serve up to 35 years in prison.
He pleaded no contest Dec. 28 to first-degree criminal sexual conduct as a habitual offender, fourth offense.
The crime, which had not been reported, was discovered in 2016 through the Kalamazoo County Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI), as it allowed for the testing of the victimâs kit.
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LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – A Kalamazoo man, who authorities call a “serial sex offender” has been sentenced recently to serve up to 22.5 years in prison for a series of sexual assaults he committed in Kalamazoo County between 2001 and 2014,
Kalamazoo County Prosecutor Jeffrey Getting and Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel . made the announcement in the case of 39-year-old William Darnell Johnson of Kalamazoo Friday.
Johnson was charged with a series of sexual assaults on young women that started in 2001. The initial assault was reported immediately but the case was closed by police within a few weeks when the attacker could not be identified. However, in 2004, DNA evidence collected from the victim in the 2001 case matched the defendantâs DNA profile in the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS). Despite this information, the victim was never notified and the investigation was not
Michigan Attorney General logo (courtesy of Michigan Attorney General)
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – A Kalamazoo man, who authorities call a “serial sex offender” has been sentenced recently to serve up to 22.5 years in prison for a series of sexual assaults he committed in Kalamazoo County between 2001 and 2014,
Kalamazoo County Prosecutor Jeffrey Getting and Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel . made the announcement in the case of 39-year-old William Darnell Johnson of Kalamazoo Friday.
Johnson was charged with a series of sexual assaults on young women that started in 2001. The initial assault was reported immediately but the case was closed by police within a few weeks when the attacker could not be identified. However, in 2004, DNA evidence collected from the victim in the 2001 case matched the defendantâs DNA profile in the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS). Despite this information, the victim was never notified and the investigation was not