TALLMADGE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Feb. 11, 2022) – A 40-year-old Sparta man has been arraigned on charges stemming from a pair of alleged sexual assaults at a massage parlor between Standale and Allendale last November.
Jason Arthur Mitchell was arraigned on Wednesday in Hudsonville District Court on two counts of fourth degree criminal sexual conduct and is free on $10,000 bond.
According to Ottawa County Detective Sergeant Michael Tamminga, a 41-year-old Middleville woman contacted authorities about six weeks or so after the November 2nd incident at the Aether Elements Massage Therapy facility on Lake Michigan Drive. “She reported that, during the massage therapy appointment, she was touched in an inappropriate, sexual manner,” Tamminga said in a department statement.
Mitchell is a licensed massage therapist, and Tamminga added that, “through additional investigation, detectives identified a second client of Mitchell’s – a 43-year-old woman from Kentwood – who also attended an appointment on the same date at that same facility … and reported that Mitchell assaulted her in a sexual manner during her therapy appointment.”
Sheriff’s detectives have also contacted state licensing and regulatory authorities about these incidents, and the case remains open, with those having any additional information to contact Ottawa County Silent Observer (877-88-SILENT).
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