‘Old-fashioned scarlet letter’: Elkhart 19-year-old fights sex offender status after encounter with Michigan teen

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‘Old-fashioned scarlet letter’: Elkhart 19-year-old fights sex offender status after encounter with Michigan teen

By Tim VandenackTim Vandenack

The Elkhart Truth [Elkhart, IN]

June 7, 2015 4:00 AM

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The Elkhart Truth [Elkhart, IN]

June 7, 2015 4:00 AM

 

‘Old-fashioned scarlet letter’: Elkhart 19-year-old fights sex offender status after encounter with Michigan teen

 By Tim VandenackTim Vandenack – Google+

The young man from Elkhart, 19, pleaded guilty in Berrien County, Mich., Trial Court in March to a misdemeanor count of criminal sexual conduct for having sex — consensual sex — on Dec. 19, 2014, with a Niles, Mich., teen. She said she was 17, and met him in person after a whirlwind courtship in cyberspace that started with a meeting via the social app Hot or Not.

CONTINUED ONLINE:

http://www.elkharttruth.com/hometown/elkhart/2015/06/07/scarlet-letter.html

MORE ON THIS CASE:

Justice 4 Zach Anderson Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/zig19

 

South Bend Tribune on the Zach  Anderson case

EDITORIAL:  Michigan’s sex registry law needs a fix

http://www.southbendtribune.com/news/opinion/our_opinion/our-opinion-michgan-s-sex-registry-law-needs-a-fix/article_2417313c-3b29-5a67-a0aa-374e0026ddc2.html