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Jesse Hermann

meeting with Hermann at a local hotel.
Hermann was apprehended by police
after he drove away without entering
the building
Cripps said that because Hermann
never entered the hotel, some of the
charges should be dropped based on
"abandonment of intent:' a legal term
referring to the fact that the defendant
voluntarily canceled his alleged plans
before any illegal activity took place.
"We will continue to vigorously
defend this case Cripps said.
Another request for bond reduction
was made on April 5, when Hermann
appeared in court for a scheduled con-
tinuation of the preliminary examina-
tion. Cripps said Hermann had been
bitten on his right calf by a spider or
a rodent and had not received proper
medical attention for the injury. Gerou
issued an order for immediate medi-
cal care but again refused to reduce
the amount of Hermann's bond, citing
"the gravity of the offense" That pro-
ceeding was subsequently adjourned
until May 10, when Detective
Andrew Kelley of the Canton Police
Department will testify.
Hermann was a part-time art
instructor and counselor for the
Family Camp program at Tamarack
Camps from 2009 through January
2013. Tamarack officials say
Hermann's arrest was not connected
with his employment at camp or with
any camp program participants.

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10 April 11 • 2013

osher food now is being pro-
vided to former Tamarack
Camps employee Jesse
Hermann, who remains in jail while
awaiting the completion of his pre-trial
examination scheduled for May 10.
During that proceeding, 35th District
Court Judge Michael Gerou will deter-
mine whether there is enough evi-
dence to bind the case over for trial in
Wayne County Circuit Court.
Hermann has been held on $100,000
bond since Feb. 15, when he was
arrested by Canton police and charged
with two felony counts of "child sexu-
ally abusive activity" and two addi-
tional counts of "computer Internet
communication with another person
in order to commit a crime
Gerou has denied several requests
from defense attorney David Cripps
to reduce Hermann's bond so he could
live with his mother in Farmington
Hills on a house-arrest tether. At the
preliminary examination held on
March 22, Cripps said it was unfair
for Hermann to remain in jail without
kosher food, which was not being
provided despite two previous court
orders.
According to Cripps, that request
was granted after a special order
was issued by Judge Timothy Kenny,
presiding judge of the criminal divi-
sion of Wayne County Circuit Court.
Cripps said Kenny was "incensed"
that Hermann had not been provided
with kosher food, especially during the
Passover holiday.
The March 22 session included
testimony from a woman who said
she and Hermann were chatting on
Facebook when he started making
sexually inappropriate remarks about
her 3-year-old daughter, prompting
her to notify Canton police. She said
she continued the communication
under police supervision, eventually
arranging an alleged mother-daughter

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