© 2024 WNMU-FM
Upper Great Lakes News, Music, and Arts & Culture
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Hearing held for WI man accused of criminal sexual conduct

HOUGHTON, MI--   A pretrial hearing was held in Houghton Monday for a Wisconsin man accused of sex crimes involving a child.  

Chad LaPointe, 26, is charged with second-degree criminal sexual conduct, fourth-degree CSC, and two counts of accosting a child for immoral purposes.  The charges allegedly involve a female between the ages of 13 and 15.

During the hearing LaPointe’s trial was tentatively scheduled for September in Houghton County Circuit Court.

Nicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.