DETROIT - A former assistant principal of a Detroit arts and music conservatory was sentenced this week in connection to an alleged sexual assault of a minor in October 2025.

Jerome Younger, 55, of Roseville, pleaded no contest in August to first-degree criminal sexual conduct involving a relationship with a minor. As a result of his plea, an additional charge of second-degree criminal sexual conduct involving a relationship was dismissed.

Jerome Younger, 54, an assistant principal at Edward  Duke  Ellington Conservatory of Music and Art at Beckham Academy in Detroit, is behind bars after being accused of sexually assaulting a young student. (Macomb County Prosecutor's Office)

Younger served as an administrator of the Edward  Duke  Ellington Conservatory of Music and Art at Beckham Academy in Detroit prior to his arrest.

He was sentenced on Wednesday to serve 3.5 to 20 years in prison, with 55 days credit for time already served.

He will also be required to register as a Tier III sex offender for life, submit to lifetime electronic monitoring, and must register under Wyatt's Law.

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