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Man charged
in sex crimes
CLIO
THE CLIO MESSENGER
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Community Staff Writer
A 33-year-old Burton man
was charged Nov. 9 in Central District Court in five different sex
crimes involving children to whom he's related.
In the five cases, which
allegedly took place in Flint and Vienna townships in the summer of
2006, Kevin T. Odette, faces:
· Five counts of first-degree
criminal sexual conduct;
· Four counts of child sexually
abusive activity;
· Four counts of using a computer to
produce child sexually abusive material; and
· One count each of assault with
intent to commit criminal sexual conduct and second-degree criminal
sexual conduct.
"This guy was running
a factory, and we walked in on him," said Sheriff Robert J.
Pickell about Odette's alleged child pornography distribution.
First-degree criminal
sexual conduct is punishable by up to life in prison, while child
sexually abusive activity and the computer are punishable by up to 20
years.
The cases involved boys
and girls, some elementary school aged and two of them teenagers.
Magistrate Dena Altheide
set cash bonds of $100,000 on each of the charges, requiring that
Odette would have to come up with more than $1.5 million to get out
of jail.
The warrants against
Odette were sought by investigators from the Genesee County Sheriff's
Department. Sergeants Joe Parks and Tom Pyles are in charge of the
cases.
During Odette's
arraignment from the Genesee County Jail, he described himself as a
grocery store employee who is married and has a step-daughter.
Altheide said an attorney would be appointed to represent him.
She advised Odette that
the cases could be consolidated into a single file, but in the
meantime scheduled preliminary examinations on the cases before
different Genesee County district court judges for Tuesday and
Wednesday.
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