Former Dearborn Heights man accused of sexual assault extradited from Guam

A Wayne County judge on Wednesday increased the bail for a former Dearborn Heights resident accused of sexually abusing a child.

Jordan Wagner, 30, is alleged to have sexually abused the teenager during a visit to her home in 2012, the Michigan Attorney General's Office said in a press release.

Wagner is being held at the Wayne County Criminal Justice Complex and appeared in Dearborn's 19th District Court on Wednesday morning, the statement said.

Judge Sam Salamey changed the bail from the original $250,000 to $500,000, according to online court records. Salamey also ordered that Wagner not have any direct or indirect contact with the victim.

According to the records, Wagner will return to court on December 4 for another scheduled probable cause hearing.

His lawyer, David Cripps, did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Wednesday.

The girl reported the attack in 2020. In December of that year, the Wayne County District Attorney's Office filed charges against Wagner, who lived in Guam.

Wagner was charged with one count of first-degree sexual abuse and three counts of second-degree sexual abuse, according to the press release. The first count carries a potential life sentence, while the latter counts each carry a 15-year sentence.

Extraditing Wagner to Wayne County would have been too costly for local authorities at the time, state officials said.

This came last week after the state donated $1 million to Operation Survivor Justice, a partnership between the state's attorney general, county prosecutors and the U.S. Marshals Service to find fugitive offenders with warrants for sexual assault. The first program of its kind launched this year.

“This extradition from Guam for four-year-old assault charges shows how Operation Survivor Justice is extending the long arm of the law and giving new priority to victims of sexual assault that occurred years ago,” Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said in the press release. “By sending these fugitive defendants back to Michigan to face trial, we are giving victims an opportunity to heal and find closure, expanding our ability to hold perpetrators accountable, and creating safer communities across the country.”

Also in June, a former Coldwater resident was extradited to Michigan on charges of sexually abusing a minor in 2016. The 54-year-old man was arraigned on June 27 and is expected to stand trial on the charges.

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