Former Detroit police sergeant to appear in court for kidnapping, rape charges
Benjamin Wagner (Pitt County Jail)
DETROIT (FOX 2) - A former Detroit police sergeant is back in court Monday afternoon for allegedly kidnapping and raping multiple girls in 2002.
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Benjanim Wagner, 68, faces more than a dozen charges, including multiple counts of kidnapping and varying degrees of criminal sexual conduct, for the alleged crimes, which happened in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Wagner was on those charges in Detroit after being extradited to Michigan from North Carolina, where he has been living since retiring from the Detroit Police Department.
According to Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy, the alleged sex assaults happened between 1999 and 2003 and involved victims between the ages of 15 and 23. Wagner worked for DPD from 1989 until he retired in 2017.
Former Detroit police sergeant charged with string of kidnappings, rapes held on no bond
A former Detroit police sergeant faced a judge for the first time Thursday, decades after he allegedly kidnapped and raped multiple girls and young women.
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Wagner is expected to be in court throughout Monday for his preliminary exam.
FOX 2 will update this report when we learn more.