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Farmington Hills Man Facing Additional Criminal Sexual Conduct Charges
The Detroit police officer now faces six counts.
A Farmington Hills resident and Detroit police officer facing four counts of criminal sexual conduct was charged with two more counts Friday, according to an article in the Observer & Eccentric.
According to the article, the charges were added to Geoffrey Townsend in connection with a second female, age 15. The original charges were based on the reported sexual assault of a 14-15-year-old female.
Townsend, 43, is founder of Reality Check Detroit. According to the non-profit's website, he has been a police officer since 2000 and created the 501(c)3 nonprofit to correct negative behavior in young people ages 6 to 14. The program includes a 12-week physical "re-instruction program" consisting of "military based, high impact exercises".
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According to WJBK-TV, "The criminal acts are alleged to have taken place between October of 2010 and August of 2012 inside Townsend's Farmington Hills home."
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