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Saginaw man jailed on rape charges
Posted: 02.01.2013 at 6:47 AM
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$100,000 bond set

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SAGINAW -- A Saginaw man is ordered to stand trial on charges that he raped a woman at an east side Saginaw apartment earlier this year.

A judge ruled that procescutors showed cause to take Lafayette Watkins to trial in circuit court.

Watkins is charged with two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct causing personal injury.

If convicted, Watkins could spend up to 10 years in prison.

He's jailed on a $100,000 bond.


 

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