Overview
- Michael Burch, 34, received the prison term from Judge Jason Elmore in Wexford County’s 28th Circuit Court.
- He pleaded guilty in November to attempted second-degree criminal sexual conduct.
- Officials say the assault occurred as the child slept in a travel camper in Cadillac in June 2015.
- Burch left Michigan before charges were issued and was arrested in Indiana in January 2025 through Operation Survivor Justice.
- Upon release, he must register as a sex offender and submit to lifetime electronic monitoring, and the survivor told the court, “I can finally breathe.”