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The Big Three 6-4-21
1 West Michigan is safer for your children today.
43-year-old Jeramy Lee Vanderkodde was sentenced this week to 11 to 20 years in prison for several offenses, including offering gift cards and a tshirt in exchange for sex to who he thought was a 14 year old.
Surprise!
Kent County Circuit Court Judge Christina Elmore called Vanderkodde’s online predatory behavior “very disturbing.’’
2 Governor Whitmer was in town yesterday handing out freebies.
She announced The Michigan Economic Jumpstart Plan which would allocate a portion of the state’s federal relief funding to support and invest in Michigan workers and small businesses.
Jeramy Vanderkodde was on probation for a 2017 sex sting involving a cop posing as a child; he’s going to prison for essentially committing the same offense again.
Sex for T-shirt or gift card: Offer has repeat offender facing decades in prison
Jeramy Vanderkodde was on probation for soliciting a 12-year-old girl for sex when police say he arranged a hookup with what he thought was a 14-year-old girl. Author: John Hogan Updated: 6:30 PM EST January 21, 2021
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. A sex offender on probation is back behind bars, accused of offering a 14-year-old girl a T-shirt or a gaming gift card in exchange for sex.
Unbeknownst to Jeramy Lee Vanderkodde, there was no 14-year-old girl, just a Kent County sheriff’s detective playing the part.
VanderKodde was arrested when he showed up for a pre-arranged meeting – gaming gift card in hand.