GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The former Kentwood Public Schools employee accused of raping a teenage girl and named as a person of interest in her murder was previously accused of attempted sexual assaults when he was a juvenile, court records show.
Earlier this week, a judge ordered Quinn James to stand trial for the rape of 16-year-old East Kentwood High School student Mujey Dumbuya. She went missing Jan. 24, and her body was found four days later in a wooded area in Kalamazoo.
On Thursday, Kalamazoo investigators told 24 Hour News 8 they are making progress in her murder investigation, but wouldn't comment on what evidence they have uncovered.
For the first time, 24 Hour News 8 is getting a look at James' juvenile record. It shows a progression of violence that led to a probate judge approving a request to remove him from a juvenile facility and instead remand him to the Kent County Jail before his 16th birthday.
Those court records lay out the following timeline, beginning when now 42-year-old James had recently turned 14:
- July 5, 1989: Accused of stealing a car in Grand Rapids;
- July 26, 1989: Accused of stealing a car in Grand Rapids;
- July 31, 1989: Took possession of a stolen car and stole gas from a Grand Rapids Meijer;
- Aug. 6, 1989: Took possession of a stolen car while breaking curfew in Grand Rapids;
- Sept. 21, 1989: Used a hammer in an armed robbery of a car from a Grand Rapids woman who he also was charged with attempting to rape;
- Sept. 24, 1989: Tried to disguise himself to a Kalamazoo officer who was attempting to transfer him back to Kent County;
- Nov. 10, 1989: Went AWOL from the Kent County Youth Camp in Gowen;
- Nov. 27, 1989: Charged with stealing a car in Grand Rapids;
- Nov. 29, 1989: Arrested by GRPD for being in a stolen car;
- Dec. 4, 1989: Returned to the youth camp;
- Dec. 14-22, 1989: Removed from the youth camp for being aggressive and defiant;
- Dec. 22, 1989: Returned to the youth camp;
- Dec. 23, 1989: Went AWOL again by stealing a car, wallet and diamond ring from the youth camp;
- Oct. 14, 1990: Used a tire iron in an armed robbery of a car from a Grand Rapids woman who he also attempted to kidnap;
- Feb. 8, 1991: Resisted and obstructed a Kent County detective at Woodland Mall; and
- April 2, 1991: A Kent County probate judge ordered he be treated as an adult and remanded to jail.
The documents do not offer much detail about each allegation, nor do they detail the specific outcomes of each case.
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