GRAYLING – In September 2023, the Michigan State Police (MSP) Caro Post forwarded a sexual assault allegation to the MSP Houghton Lake Post after the venue was determined to be in Crawford County.
According to an MSP statement on Feb. 21, the victim was interviewed at The Child Advocacy Center of Tuscola County. Text messages were captured on the victim’s phone between the victim and male suspect.
The suspects, 24- year-old Kyle Louis Purtill and 23-year-old Alexis Nichole Bradley, both from Grayling, were interviewed by a trooper from the MSP Houghton Lake Post. The investigation led to arrest warrants being authorized in early January 2024 for Purtill and Bradley.
Unsuccessful attempts were made to locate them. On January 27, 2024, a trooper from the MSP Houghton Lake Post stopped to talk to a man and woman walking on the wrong side of the roadway on M-72 near M-93.
The pair were identified as Purtill and Bradley. The were placed under arrest and lodged in the Crawford County Jail.
Purtill was arraigned this week in the 46th District Court in Crawford County on two counts Criminal Sexual Conduct Third Degree Victim 13-15. His next scheduled court appearance is on March 19, 2024, at 2:00 p.m.
Bradley was arraigned this week in the 46th District Court in Crawford County on one count Criminal Sexual Conduct Third Degree Victim 13-15. Her next scheduled court appearance is on March 19, 2024, at 2:00 p.m.
