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Munising Baptist principal waives arraignment on CSC charges

WLUC-TV

MUNISING, MI--   The former principal of Munising Baptist School has waived his arraignment in Alger County Circuit Court on criminal sexual conduct charges.  

Benjamin David Franklin, 35,  was arrested in March and charged with 3rd-degree CSC.  He’s accused of having sexual relations with a 16- to 18-year-old female student. 

Franklin waived his preliminary hearing Monday and was bound over to circuit court. 

Authorities have since charged Franklin with two additional counts of 3rd-degree CSC.  A preliminary hearing on those charges is set for July 1 in Alger County District Court. 

Nicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.