Convicted sex offender, Jeffery L. Rosencrants, faces sexual assault charges against stepmother with Alzheimer's disease
by Bryn Mickle The Flint Journal
Wednesday May 21, 2008, 10:00 AM
RICHFIELD TOWNSHIP, Michigan -- A convicted sex offender is suspected of sexually assaulting his elderly stepmother who suffers from Alzheimer's disease.
Jeffery L. Rosencrants, 41, is expected to be arraigned today on four counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a vulnerable adult, charges that carry the possibility of life in prison.
The alleged assaults began after Rosencrants moved into his father's Richfield Township home when he got out of prison in September, police said.
Rosencrants spent 12 years in prison for third-degree criminal sexual conduct involving children, police said.
An investigation by the Genesee County Sheriff's Department revealed that Rosencrants allegedly began having sex with his 68-year-old stepmother even though he knew she suffered from dementia related to her Alzheimer's disease.
The father threw him out of the house and called police in March after he found Rosencrants sleeping in his wife's bed.
A recent study of Michigan and 18 other states showed 1 percent of adults 60 and older are sexually abused, said Pickell.
"This is the first time (the county elder abuse task force) has had a case of sexual exploitation," said Pickell.
The task force was formed last year to deal with crimes against the elderly in Genesee County.
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SOURCE: MLive
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