The federal criminal complaints are sealed. The accused men remain in custody as they await trials that won't begin for several months. And for many in Southeast Michigan's LGBTQ+ community, the December arrests of three well-known Metro Detroit professionals on child sex exploitation charges have left a wound that won't heal quickly.
The arrests of Joshua Ronnebaum, 45, Lincoln Erickson and Jeremy Brian Tacon, 51, sent shockwaves through Detroit's LGBTQ+ community in December. Federal investigators allege the men shared child sexual abuse material and discussed plans to abuse children. Some communications referenced abuse they claimed to have committed.
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