A man who pleaded guilty to exposing himself to a female police officer and yelling racial epithets appears to have resolved his case through a diversion program.
Andrew Leyden, 19, was sentenced Monday after pleading guilty to one count of resisting arrest and one count of aggravated indecent exposure, both two-year felonies, in late May. In exchange, a felony drug charge was dropped and a misdemeanor drug charge was resolved.
Shortly after Leyden’s sentencing, his online court file for both cases disappeared from public access and an Isabella County court employee said there were no public records. Isabella County Prosecutor Dave Barberi said he had no comment about the case.
That is usually an indication that a case was resolved using a diversion program.
A diversion program expunges charges against someone as long as they successfully complete the terms of an agreement between the accused and the prosecutor’s office. The program pretends that the underlying incidents never took place so that an offender isn’t held back by criminal convictions committed as an indiscretion of youth.
Leyden was accused of exposing himself to a female police officer before yelling racial slurs at a CMU police gaming-and-pizza event that took place earlier this year in a residence hall. Leyden was accused of walking into the event, pushing one student before turning his attention to the female officer.
Police believe he was under the influence of drugs at the time and found drugs on him and during a subsequent search of his residence hall room.
