Wednesday September 8, 2009, 37 year old Samuel Conley from Rodney was arraigned on charges of 1st degree criminal sexual conduct on a child under the age of 13.
According to Sgt. Casey Nemeth, Deputies from the Mecosta County Sheriffs Office conducted a criminal investigation that led to the arrest of Samuel Conley.
An arraignment for Conley took place at the 77th District Court and he remaind in the Mecosta County Jail on a $100,000.00 cash bond.
Update - On Monday February 22, 2010 now thirty-eight-year-old Samuel Gilbert Conley from Rodney pleaded "No Contest" to a charge of "Criminal Sexual Conduct 2nd Degree" (Person Under 13) and on Monday April 19, 2010 Conley was sentenced to three to 15-years in prison and $628.00 in fines.
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