🌱 Former deputy faces trial over years of abuse in Vandercook Lake area

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• Former deputy faces trial over years of abuse in Vandercook Lake area

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📰 News we're reading

• Former Jackson County sheriff's deputy accused of sexually assaulting 3 girls (mlive.com) — Residents in the Vandercook Lake area are learning that a former Jackson County sheriff's deputy is headed to trial on serious sexual assault charges involving three alleged victims, including a child. Testimony described repeated abuse at a grandmother's home in the Vandercook Lake area between 2016 and 2023, and the ex-deputy now faces potential life in prison if convicted.
   

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  NORTHWEST COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, 3483 Spring Arbor Rd, Jackson
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  NORTHWEST COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, 4200 Van Horn Rd, Jackson
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