KALAMAZOO PASTOR CHARGED WITH
SEX CRIMES INVOLVING CHILDREN
IS NOW A WANTED MAN - A
FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE - SAY
POLICE.. STRICK STRICKLAND WAS
SUPPOSED TO TURN HIMSELF IN
LAST WEEK- BUT HAS YET TO DO
SO...
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SUE:..HIS ATTORNEY TOLD TARGET
8 INVESTIGATOR SUSAN SAMPLES
HIS CLIENT IS áNOTá RUNNING...
SUSAN..
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SUSAN:..STRICKLAND'S ATTORNEY
- MIKE HILLS - SAYS THE 37
YEAR OLD FORMER PASTOR AT
KALAMAZOO'S SECOND BAPTIST
CHURCH WILL TURN HIMSELF IN
VERY SOON...
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STRICKLAND - WHO ONCE HEADED
THE N-DOUBLE-A-C-P IN
KALAMAZOO - HAS BEEN LIVING IN
HIS HOME STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
SINCE 2018 WHEN POLICE BEGAN
INVESTIGATING ALLEGATIONS THAT
HE PAID TEENAGE BOYS - IN SOME
CASES FOR INAPPROPRIATE
PICTURES - OTHER TIMES TO HAVE
SEX WITH STRICKLAND'S WIFE...
AND THE PASTOR HIMSELF.HE'S
CHARGED WITH ELEVEN FELONIES -
INCLUDING HUMAN TRAFFICKING
AND CHILD SEX ABUSE.
STRICKLAND'S ATTORNEY SAYS HIS
CLIENT HAS BEEN DELAYED IN
TURNING HIMSELF IN BY THE
HURRICANE DOWN SOUTH AND
TRASNPORTATION ISSUES.... BUT
MICHIGAN STATE POLICE SAY
TIME'S UP - THAT STRICKLAND
WAS SUPPOSED TO SHOW UP AT THE
KALAMAZOO COUNTY JAIL ON FOUR
OCCASSIONS IN THE LAST WEEK...
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ON FOUR OF THE OCCASIONS WHEN
HE WAS SUPPOSED TO TURN
HIMSELF IN, THAT DID NOT
HAPPEN. SO FROM A PUBLIC
SAFETY STANDPOINT AND FROM AN
EQUITABLE AND FAIRNESS
STANDPOINT.. AND FROM A VICTIM
STANDPOINT, WE NOW CONSIDER
HIM A FUGITIVE AND HE NEEDS TO
BE ARRESTED. "
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SUSAN:..
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CHRISTENSEN SAID IF STATE
POLICE CAN FIGURE OUT WHERE
STRICKLAND IS - THEY WILL
ARREST HIM...HIS ATTORNEY
CONTINUES TO INSIST THAT THE
FORMER PASTOR IS GONNA SHOW UP
VERY SOON.STRICKLAND'S WIFE IS
ALSO EXPECTED TO BE CHARGED...
BUT THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED YET.
WE'LL KEEP YOU UP TO DATE AS
WE LEARN MORE.BACK TO YOU..
