Michigan State Trooper Charged with Criminal Sexual Conduct
A JURY HAS BEEN SEATED THIS MORNING IN THE CASE OF A UPPER MICHIGAN STATE TROOPER CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONDUCT.
JURY SELECTION WAS COMPLETED BY NOON.
OPENING ARGUMENTS GOT UNDERWAY ABOUT AN HOUR LATER.
37 YEAR OLD DAVID MORIKAWA OF CRYSTAL FALLS PLED NOT GUILTY TO TWO FELONY COUNTS OF SECOND DEGREE C–S–C INVOLVING A PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF THIRTEEN
HE’S A FORMER STATE TROOPER FROM THE IRON RIVER POST.
THE VICTIM TESTIFIED IN PRE–TRIAL PROCEEDINGS THAT SHE WAS 12 YEARS OLD WHEN THE ALLEGED SEXUAL CONTACT OCCURRED, IN THE SUMMER OF 2009.
THE VICTIM SAID SHE WAS AFRAID TO TELL ANYONE SINCE MORIKAWA WAS A POLICE OFFICER.
THE TRIAL IN IRON COUNTY WILL CONTINUE TOMORROW AND THURSDAY