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Man arrested for child sexually abusive activity, sodomy

MARQUETTE, MI--   A Marquette man has been arraigned on child pornography and bestiality charges.

Stephen Waligore, 41, faces seven counts of child sexually abusive activity – aggravated, seven counts of using a computer to commit a crime, and two counts of sodomy for having sexual contact with a dog.

The offenses allegedly happened on October 1. He faces a maximum of life in prison if convicted as charged.

A preliminary exam is set for November 18 in Marquette County District Court.

Waligore has cases pending in downstate Branch County and in Texas.

He remains lodged in the Marquette County Jail.

 

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.