A Flint, Michigan, man who had spent years in prison for engaging in sex without telling his partners he was infected with HIV will be released on bond less than a year after he was charged with crimes related to his alleged sexual assault of a teenage boy.
John Cole, 55 — who had volunteered on the campaign of Flint Democratic Mayor Sheldon Neeley — was charged last May with 12 counts, including one count of child sexually abusive activity and three counts of accosting a child for immoral purposes. On Monday, Genesee County Circuit Court Judge Celeste D. Bell granted Cole a personal recognizance bond that was requested by his defense attorney, MLive reported.
The judge’s granting of a personal recognizance bond means the Flint man will be released from jail as he awaits trial without paying bail even though he was being held at the Genesee County Jail on a $75,000 cash/surety…
