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Detroit Assistant Principal Bound Over to Circuit Court in Teen Sexual Assault Case

Prosecutors say the administrator sexually assaulted a 14-year-old student at his home in October.

Overview

  • After a Nov. 14 preliminary exam, a judge found probable cause and sent the case to Macomb County Circuit Court on first- and second-degree criminal sexual conduct charges.
  • Prosecutors allege Jerome Younger, 54, assaulted a 14-year-old student at his home on Oct. 8.
  • Younger was released on a $250,000 cash/surety 10% bond and was ordered to wear a GPS steel-cuff tether with no contact allowed with the complainant.
  • An arraignment in circuit court is scheduled for Nov. 24 before Judge Joseph Toia in Mount Clemens.
  • Detroit Public Schools placed Younger on leave and barred him from district property, and Detroit police ended his involvement in the Junior Police Cadet program.