MI Pastor Guilty Of Paying Boys To Have Sex With Wife

Kalamazoo’s CBS affiliate reports:

A Kalamazoo pastor accused of paying teen boys for sex pleaded guilty Tuesday. Stricjavvar “Strick” Strickland pleaded guilty to one count of knowingly offering to sell transportation services for the purpose of engaging in prostitution, according to prosecutors.

As part of the plea deal, Strickland will spend one year in jail and he will not have to register as a sex offender or be placed on probation after he’s released, the Kalamazoo County Prosecutor’s Office confirmed.

Strickland paid teenage boys to engage in sex acts with his wife Jazmonique Strickland, investigators said. Authorities accused the couple of using their positions within the Second Baptist Church in Kalamazoo and Kalamazoo Public Schools to meet and coerce teen boys into having sex.

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Strickland, who was locally famous for driving a gold Cadillac SUV, had been charged with 11 felony county of trafficking and child sex assault. Ten of those counts will be dismissed at sentencing. All eight felony charges against his wife were dismissed last year.

The deal will land Strickland in jail for one year without probation, but he will not be registered on the sex offender list. https://t.co/zUTqVLcBcz

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