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MUSKEGON, Mich. — A man who police said entered into a sex pact with his girlfriend and her 15-year-old daughter pleaded no contest to felony sex charges.
Michael J. Fitzgibbon, 37, also pleaded no contest to more serious sex charges involving sex acts with a 12-year-old girl, a relative.
Authorities say Fitzgibbon's girlfriend was afraid of losing him while she recuperated from gastric bypass surgery, so she arranged for him to have sex with her daughter for two months.
All three of them allegedly signed a contract that allowed the girl privileges such as piercings and hair dye in exchange for the sex acts. She testified earlier that she and Fitzgibbon had sex two to three times each week for two months last summer.
Fitzgibbon faces sentencing for the six counts of criminal sexual conduct on March 23. A no-contest plea is not an admission of guilt but is treated as such at sentencing.
The girlfriend, whose name is not being made public to protect her daughter's identity, is scheduled to stand trial in February on three counts of criminal sexual conduct.
Authorities investigated after the 15-year-old told a relative in July. The 12-year-old came forward after charges were filed.
Michael J. Fitzgibbon, 37, also pleaded no contest to more serious sex charges involving sex acts with a 12-year-old girl, a relative.
Authorities say Fitzgibbon's girlfriend was afraid of losing him while she recuperated from gastric bypass surgery, so she arranged for him to have sex with her daughter for two months.
All three of them allegedly signed a contract that allowed the girl privileges such as piercings and hair dye in exchange for the sex acts. She testified earlier that she and Fitzgibbon had sex two to three times each week for two months last summer.
Fitzgibbon faces sentencing for the six counts of criminal sexual conduct on March 23. A no-contest plea is not an admission of guilt but is treated as such at sentencing.
The girlfriend, whose name is not being made public to protect her daughter's identity, is scheduled to stand trial in February on three counts of criminal sexual conduct.
Authorities investigated after the 15-year-old told a relative in July. The 12-year-old came forward after charges were filed.
WEST BRANCH, Michigan — A woman accused of causing her infant daughter's death by feeding her breast milk containing cocaine was sentenced Wednesday to nine months behind bars on a reduced charge.
Sara Shelby pleaded guilty last month to a charge of attempted manslaughter in the Aug. 21, 2005 death of 5-month-old Karie Lee Bowman. She originally was charged with involuntary manslaughter, a 15-year felony, but agreed to a plea deal with prosecutors in which she would terminate her parental rights to her other child, a 5-year-old daughter. Shelby voluntarily turned over parental rights months ago, defense attorney William Engemann said Wednesday.
Police said Shelby, a 24-year-old West Branch resident, told them she had used cocaine two or three times the day before her daughter's death.
A medical examiner ruled that the girl died of cocaine intoxication.
Ogemaw County Circuit Judge William Baumgartner also ordered Shelby to serve 18 months probation and pay costs totaling $900. If she pays all of her fines, she will receive credit for one month's jail time, said court coordinator Diane Pelts.
Sara Shelby pleaded guilty last month to a charge of attempted manslaughter in the Aug. 21, 2005 death of 5-month-old Karie Lee Bowman. She originally was charged with involuntary manslaughter, a 15-year felony, but agreed to a plea deal with prosecutors in which she would terminate her parental rights to her other child, a 5-year-old daughter. Shelby voluntarily turned over parental rights months ago, defense attorney William Engemann said Wednesday.
Police said Shelby, a 24-year-old West Branch resident, told them she had used cocaine two or three times the day before her daughter's death.
A medical examiner ruled that the girl died of cocaine intoxication.
Ogemaw County Circuit Judge William Baumgartner also ordered Shelby to serve 18 months probation and pay costs totaling $900. If she pays all of her fines, she will receive credit for one month's jail time, said court coordinator Diane Pelts.
ATLANTA — A man admitted that he tampered with his children's soup in an attempt to get money from Campbell Soup Co., a prosecutor said.
William Allen Cunningham's 3-year-old son and 18-month-old daughter were hospitalized twice in January 2006. He forced them first to eat soup laced with hot peppers and lighter fluid, and the second time used the prescription drugs Prozac and Amitriptyline — both used to treat depression — to poison the children, authorities said.
Cunningham, 41, pleaded guilty Tuesday to communicating false claims, U.S. Attorney David Nahmias said. Under terms of a plea agreement, he faces up to five years in federal prison when he is sentenced April 19.
"He admitted that he put potentially life-threatening foreign substances into soup, which he fed to his two young children and then placed a call to Campbell Soup Co. falsely claiming that the soup had been contaminated," Nahmias said.
According to prosecutors, Cunningham called Campbell and threatened to sue. Authorities say there was no evidence the soup was tainted when it was bought.
William Allen Cunningham's 3-year-old son and 18-month-old daughter were hospitalized twice in January 2006. He forced them first to eat soup laced with hot peppers and lighter fluid, and the second time used the prescription drugs Prozac and Amitriptyline — both used to treat depression — to poison the children, authorities said.
Cunningham, 41, pleaded guilty Tuesday to communicating false claims, U.S. Attorney David Nahmias said. Under terms of a plea agreement, he faces up to five years in federal prison when he is sentenced April 19.
"He admitted that he put potentially life-threatening foreign substances into soup, which he fed to his two young children and then placed a call to Campbell Soup Co. falsely claiming that the soup had been contaminated," Nahmias said.
According to prosecutors, Cunningham called Campbell and threatened to sue. Authorities say there was no evidence the soup was tainted when it was bought.
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