Jury finds man guilty of 1st-degree CSC

Drake appears in 51st Circuit Court for a Jan. 30, 2024 hearing.
– MCP file photo by Allison Scarbrough

LUDINGTON — Bradley Curtis Drake, 27, faces a 25-year mandatory minimum prison term for a conviction of first-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC) — victim under age 13 — after a jury rendered a guilty verdict Thursday, April 18, in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court.

Drake is lodged in the Mason County Jail without bond. Sentencing is scheduled for May 28 at 1:20 p.m.

The charge stems from a Jan. 1, 2021 incident, court records state.

The maximum term for a first-degree CSC conviction is life in prison.

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