Brian Helfert sentenced to 9-15 years on CSC conviction

Public Radio 90, WNMU | By Nicole Walton

Published March 8, 2024 at 8:28 AM EST

MENOMINEE, MI— Former Menominee County Sheriff’s deputy Brian Helfert has been sentenced on a December conviction for criminal sexual conduct.

The former School Resource Officer was found guilty of 2^nd-degree CSC with a weapon. He was accused of assaulting a 16-year-old when the boy was a student at Menominee High School.

Helfert was sentenced Thursday to nine to 15 years in prison.

Helfert faces another trial this summer in a separate case. He’s charged with two counts of 1st-degree criminal sexual conduct with a child 13 years old. He’s accused of sexually assaulting a 6th-grade student from Blesch Intermediate School in 2017.

Trial is set for July 29^th through August 2^nd.

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Nicole Walton

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.

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