Ex-Michigan Prosecutor Who Paid For Sex Gets Year In Jail
LANSING (WWJ/AP) - A man accused of hiring prostitutes hundreds of times during his 20-year career as a Michigan prosecutor has been sentenced to a year in jail.
Stuart Dunnings, III, who was the prosecutor for Ingham County, pleaded guilty in August to misconduct in office and soliciting a prostitute in exchange for many other charges being dismissed.
He was sentenced Tuesday.
Dunnings' arrest in March stemmed from a federal investigation into human trafficking that involved the FBI, Ingham County Sheriff's Department and Michigan Attorney General's office.
The 63-year-old is accused of trading cash for sex; but Attorney General Bill Schuette said the most serious was the charge of enticement – prostitution/pandering — which was dropped as part of the plea deal.
He paid one woman for sex as many as three or four times a week over five years, while another prostitute had sex with him more than 200 times, according to Schuette's office.
Dunnings said at Tuesday's hearing that he's a sex addict. His attorney said Dunnings is in treatment for the addiction.
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