05
May
Former Democrat candidate sentenced for sex crimes against child
By AILEEN WINGBLAD
A prison sentence was handed down this week to a former Oakland County Commission candidate for sex crimes against a child.
In a sentencing agreement with the prosecution, Markus Vernon Tincher, 35, of Pontiac pleaded no contest to the charges before Oakland County Circuit Judge Victoria Valentine in February, and on April 19 received concurrent sentences of 12 to 45 years for first-degree criminal sexual conduct, and 5 to 15 years for second-degree criminal sexual conduct with a person under age 13. He had faced up to life in