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A man allegedly connected to a sexual assault at MSU in February has been apprehended in Illinois, MSU police said.
Montague Stanford, 40, of Naperville, Ill., is awaiting formal charges from the Ingham County Prosecutor’s Office for an alleged sexual assault of a female MSU student on MSU’s campus in late February.
Naperville is located about 30 miles west of Chicago and 248 miles west of East Lansing.
MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said Stanford allegedly sexually assaulted a 22-year-old female MSU student between Feb. 27 and 28 on campus at her residence.
McGlothian-Taylor said the man had contacted the woman via Internet prior to coming to MSU and came to meet with her in her room on campus. Currently, Stanford faces charges of being a fugitive of justice and currently is in jail in Illinois with a $10,000 bond, Naperville police said.
Stanford left East Lansing before any formal charges were made with the Ingham County Prosecutor’s Office, McGlothian-Taylor said. Naperville police Cmdr. Mike Anders said MSU police contacted his department about the warrant for Stanford’s arrest and requested assistance. The police arrived at Stanford’s home in Naperville on March 5 and he currently is in an Illinois jail, Anders said.
A representative from Ingham County Prosecutor’s Office said there are no court records of Stanford filed and he has yet to be arraigned. According to court records, Stanford is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday in the DuPage County Circuit Court in Wheaton, Ill., on the fugitive from justice charge.
It is unclear when he is expected to return to East Lansing to face charges for the alleged sexual assault, a representative from the Ingham County Prosecutor’s Office said.
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