MENOMINEE, Mich. (WTAQ-WLUK) — Additional charges related to sexual assault of a minor have been filed against a former Upper Peninsula sheriff’s deputy after more victims came forward.
A total of 18 charges were filed in four separate cases against Brian Helfert. All 18 are felonies.
Helfert is currently facing 16 felonies related to sexual assault of a minor. According to Menominee County Prosecuting Attorney Jeffrey Rogg, the contact between Helfter and the victim took place between April 2013 and December 2019. A judge in June entered not guilty pleas to all 16 counts after Helfert stood mute in answer to the charges.
In the latest cases, Rogg says three male victims came forward to accuse Helfert of sexual assault. A “number of incidents” allegedly occurred between 2003 and 2018.
Helfert has already been sentenced for sexual misconduct with a teenager. He was sentenced to six months in jail in that case.
Helfert is due back in court Feb. 22.
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