BRIDGEPORT CHARTER TOWNSHIP (MI)
WJRT-TV, ABC-12 [Flint MI]
August 12, 2024
By Ryan Jeltema
Prosecutors say that Jonathan Russell’s preliminary hearing on Wednesday was adjourned as he will most likely plea to all the charges he faces.
BRIDGEPORT, Mich. (WJRT) – A former Mid-Michigan church volunteer will spend several years in prison for inappropriately touching boys.
Court documents show 43-year-old Jonathan Russell was sentenced to two terms of eight to 15 years in prison. He pleaded no contest several counts of criminal sexual conduct, child abuse and indecent exposure.
Russell had been a volunteer at First Baptist Church of Bridgeport.
Police started an investigation of February 2023 after a person claimed Russell inappropriately touched a child in the spring of 2022.
Russell has similar convictions on this criminal record related to incidents in Crawford County and in North Carolina.