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Disappointingly, the Michigan State Police do not appear to be keeping his record on the Public Sex Offender Registry up to date. At the time of writing (March 2024),
his address in the Public Sex Offenders' Registry and the location he gives in his Facebook disagree.
Update: On 5 April 2024, I was advised the Michigan Public Sex Offenders Registry is now showing Kangas as an "absconder" and "non-compliant".
Three.
(1)On June 19, 2014, a jury convicted him of two counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC III) (sexual penetration with a person between 13 and 15 years old), MCL 750.520d(1)(a), when he was 20. He was sentenced to concurrent terms of 5 to 15 years' imprisonment. (2)He was found guilty of (i)stealing or retaining another’s financial transaction device without consent (MCL 750.157n), (ii)possessing another’s financial transaction device with intent to use, deliver, circulate, or sell it (MCL 750.157p), and (iii)use of a financial device illegally obtained or retained (MCL 750.157q). These events occurred while in prison in April 2014. He was sentenced to 365 days in jail for each count, to be served concurrently. (3)On December 20, 2023, he was sentenced to 119 days in respect of larceny to which he pleaded guilty. The charge was originally Breaking & Entering.
Hopefully, to act as a warning buoy. Other people have told me that he lied to them too, and they lost money, wasted time, etc. I want to avoid this happening to anyone else, if possible.
I obviously cannot supply a precise number, but people contacted me saying that they sent him money or paid for items for him when in prison because they believed his claim of innocence (as I did). Since his release from prison in December 2018, others have contacted me and told me of how their encounter with him was not a positive one.
As it appears he is using a false name, and the address on the Public Sex Offenders Registry is out of date, his identity should be confirmed by viewing the
photos on the Registry (they are old but should be adequate).
Update: On 5 April 2024, I was advised the Michigan Public Sex Offenders Registry is now showing Kangas as an "absconder" and "non-compliant". The appeal document dated December 8, 2015 states he was convicted by a jury of two counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC III). This is a Tier 3 offense, and a Tier 3 sex offender (born in October) is required to report to a law enforcement authority each January, April, July, and October every year. However, on March 22, 2024 the Public Michigan Sex Offenders Registry showed the last verification of Kangas was in August 2023. Therefore, it would be interesting to know why the authorities appeared to ignore the Tier 3 requirements for Kangas (and why he is also allowed to use a false name and not have his current address on the Registry) for so long. |
