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February 14, 2025
LANSING – This week, the Michigan Court of Appeals affirmed the convictions and sentences of John Digiacomo, 61, of Clio, who was accused of committing multiple sexual assaults on an underage girl in Tuscola, Genesee, and Saginaw Counties between 2014 and 2015, announced Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. The Department of Attorney General prosecuted the cases against Digiacomo.
“I am grateful the Court upheld justice for the survivor in this case,” Nessel said. “The bravery of the victim in coming forward and the dedication of our prosecutors ensured that Mr. Digiacomo will continue to spend years behind bars for his heinous crimes. My office remains committed to holding offenders accountable to support sexual assault survivors and the safety of the public.”
In the summer of 2014, Digiacomo’s teenage victim moved in with her aunt. Digiacomo, a tow truck driver, was her aunt’s neighbor. He and a co-defendant victimized the teen beginning when she was 14. The assaults continued for 10 months. According to court records, the men provided her with narcotics and threatened to kill her and her family when she attempted to stop the sexual assaults or cut ties with them.
Digiacomo was convicted by jury trial in February 2023 and was sentenced to up to 48 years’ incarceration in Tuscola County for six counts of Criminal Sexual Conduct and several firearm offenses. Digiacomo was also sentenced in April 2024 to 10-20 years’ incarceration for two counts of First-Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct, to which he pled no contest that February in Genesee County. The co-defendant was sentenced in 2022, in both Tuscola and Genesee counties, and is serving up to 15 years' incarceration for the assaults.
This case was prosecuted by the Attorney General Cold Case Sexual Assault Project. The project is funded by a United States Department of Justice grant awarded by the Office of Violence Against Women to combat intimate relationship violence. The grant is administered by the Michigan Domestic and Sexual Violence Prevention and Treatment Board.
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