KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — State prosecutors say a man has pleaded guilty to a 2010 sexual assault at Western Michigan University.
Cameron Alvarez, 34, of Livonia, pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree criminal conduct in 9th Circuit Court in Kalamazoo on Friday, according to a news release from Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s office. He faces up to 25 years in prison.
Man charged in case of 2010 rape at WMU
Alvarez was charged in 2022 for a sexual assault committed in January 2010 on WMU’s campus. The victim testified that Alvarez raped her in her dorm when she was a freshman. He was a sophomore, the release said.
The victim did not pursue criminal charges in 2010, in part, because she felt that her assault was not taken seriously by police when she reported it. Court records show she reported it that night and underwent a rape examination, but the case didn’t go anywhere until it was taken up by the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative in 2016, the release said.