New charges have been filed against a Norton Shores sex offender accused of hanging out near an elementary school.
Darwin Michael Brown, 44, of 5982 Lake Harbor was arrested Wednesday and arraigned Thursday before visiting 60th District Judge Richard J. Pasarela in four misdemeanor cases: three of being a sex offender loitering near a school, and one of failing to pay a sex-offender registration fee. According to court records, the dates of the alleged loitering were April 1, Oct. 7 and Oct. 31 last year.
An earlier loitering case, based on an October incident near Churchill Elementary, was dismissed Feb. 20 "for further investigation."
Brown, a registered sex offender, was released from prison in December 2007 after serving time for third-degree criminal sexual conduct. He was a part-time firefighter with Norton Shores when the incident with a 14-year-old boy occurred in 1994. Authorities said Brown used his position to lure the boy into several sex acts.
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