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Posted: 4:05 PM Jul 9, 2007
Stratton Pleads Not Guilty to Committing Sex Crimes
A substitute teacher and youth leader, Michael Stratton, pleads not guilty Monday in court on charges of using a computer to facilitate a child sex crime, and exposing genitals to a child.
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A substitute teacher and youth leader charged with committing sex crimes against two teenage girls was arraigned in Rusk County Monday.
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During his arraignment Monday morning, Michael Stratton, 25, heard the formal charges against him. They are a felony count of using a computer to facilitate a child sex crime, and two misdemeanor counts of exposing genitals to a child.
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Mr. Stratton entered a plea of not guilty to all three charges.
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Police say one of the girls was his student at Ladysmith High School. The other, he met on a ski trip.
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Investigators took Stratton’s computer and found thousands of illicit pictures within it.
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If convicted, Stratton could face more than 21 years in prison.
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A pre-trail conference has been set for August 9th
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