Suspect Mikael Alexandre Frutin
—A suspect wanted by the East Lansing Police Department for six counts of Criminal Sexual Conduct (CSC) was arrested in Los Angeles, California on Friday by the United States Marshals Service, according to an ELPD statement.
The suspect is 26-year-old Mikael Alexandre Frutin.
ELPD has been investigating the case since July of 2014 after he was accused of having an illicit sexual relationship with a 14-year-old girl.
Frutin was the girl's gymnastics instructor at Red Cedar Gymnastics in Delhi Township however the statement said none of the alleged crimes happened there.
After becoming aware of the investigation, Frutin fled the state leading ELPD to work with the Michigan State Police Fugitive Team to track him down. A tip received in Madison, Wisconsin lead police to California.
He will be extradited back to Michigan, where he will be arraigned at a later date, the statement read, and at this time is it unknown when he will arrive back in Michigan.
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