Florida man convicted in Michigan on CSC charge after nearly 2 decades. What to know

A Hillsdale County Jury convicted a 61-year-old Florida man on Thursday, January 15, of felony sexual conduct involving a minor over a interval of years almost 20 years in the past after he was returned to Michigan by means of a state fugitive program.

The prosecution happened by means of the Operation Survivor Justice program and led to the conviction of Vincent Allen Payne, of Valrico, Florida, on one rely of first-degree CSC for assaults that occurred between 2004 and 2008, the Michigan Legal professional Common’s Workplace said in a press release.

Payne was indicted by the Hillsdale County Prosecutor’s Workplace in January 2010, however left the state.

“My workplace, and prosecutors throughout the state, are capable of safe accountability for sexual predators throughout state strains and throughout a long time by means of our continued efforts below Operation Survivor Justice,” Nessel stated. “I’m grateful for the tireless work of the U.S. Marshalls Service, the Hillsdale County Prosecutor’s Workplace and the devoted prosecutors in my workplace who introduced justice to this sufferer so a few years after her assault.”

Payne sexually abused the minor in Hillsdale when the sufferer was youthful than 15 between 2004 and 2008, the lawyer basic’s workplace stated.

Payne was extradited to Hillsdale County by the US Marshals Service final 12 months. That was him indicted on charges Might 2025 and he was being held on a $500,000 bond.

Payne is scheduled to seem in Hillsdale County for sentencing on March 2.

What’s Operation Survivor Justice?

In 2024, Michigan launched this system, a partnership between the Michigan Division of Legal professional Common, native prosecutors and the U.S. Marshals Service.

This system is designed to find, arrest and return to Michigan fugitive offenders with excellent warrants for sexual assault.

The operation was initially funded in 2024 with a $1 million appropriation from the Legislature.

The costs eligible for extradition below this program primarily concern sexual offenses based mostly on bodily contact, together with felony sexual conduct, and soliciting a minor for immoral functions.

Have extra suspects of sexual abuse been caught?

The Public Prosecution Service has introduced quite a few extraditions and convictions because the begin of this system, together with:

• In January 2026 Anthony Cuyler, 47, a Department County resident extradited from Mexico in April 2024 was convicted by a Department County jury of three counts of first-degree felony sexual conduct and one rely of supply of methamphetamine to a minor. Cuyler was charged in 2019 by the Department County Prosecutor’s Workplace with sexually abusing two minor kids, ladies ages 11 and 12, and supplying them with methamphetamine.
• In December 2025, Michael Joseph Caillouet, 47, of Cadillac, was charged within the 84th District Court docket in Cadillac with alleged sexual abuse of a minor youngster between 2016 and 2019 and displaying youngster pornography. Caillouet was extradited to Wexford County by the U.S. Marshals Service from Butler County, Kansas, to face two counts of first-degree felony sexual conduct and a misdemeanor rely of exhibiting sexually specific materials to a minor.
• In December 2025, Michael Burch, 34, previously of Hazelton, Indiana, was sentenced in Wexford County to 38-60 months in jail for the 2015 sexual assault of a then 11-year-old lady whereas she slept in a camper in Cadillac. In November, Burch pleaded responsible to tried second-degree felony sexual conduct.