UPDATE SEPTEMBER 4, 2024, 8:08 p.m.
Former Delta Township Supervisor Kenneth Fletcher is facing child sex charges in Eaton County.
Fletcher is accused of accosting a child for immoral purposes and using a computer to commit a crime.
Eaton County Prosecuting Attorney Doug Lloyd says Fletcher could face up to seven years in prison if convicted.
Lloyd says Fletcher is accused of having sexual conversations with a person under the age of 16 on the LGBTQ+ social media app Grindr.
Lloyd says the person in those conversations with Fletcher was a detective with a regional task force that sought to root out child sex crimes.
"Generally, when individuals find out that they're speaking to an individual who is not an adult, the conversations just stop," Lloyd said. "If they don't stop, then you have an individual who's willing to talk to a person they believe to be under the appropriate age."
Fox 47 News went to Fletcher's home for comment but didn't get a response. Fletcher's attorney, Mike Nichols said it was a 'really difficult, heartbreaking day for his family."
Nichols said that they plan to marshal up a defense to 'help a good man.'
Fletcher had served as Delta Township's supervisor since 2008 before his resignation on Tuesday.
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Longtime Delta Township Supervisor Kenneth Fletcher has resigned from the Delta Township Board of Trustees amid an active criminal investigation.
"Kenneth Fletcher resigned his supervisor position effective immediately during the Delta Township board meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 3, and it was accepted by the board. The township has also been made aware of an open criminal investigation unrelated to his duties as supervisor," says Delta Township Manager Brian Reed.
MSP officer Rene Gonzalez confirms the criminal investigation saying, "We can confirm that Ken Fletcher was the subject of an investigation by the MSP and that he was arraigned on one charge of using a computer to commit a crime and one count of accosting a child for immoral purposes."
The Board of Trustees also says they are reviewing with legal counsel for the next steps for appointing a supervisor under Michigan law.
Township Clerk Mary Clark will serve as acting supervisor until further notice.
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