LANSING — Today, the Detroit Metro Times reported that Republican AG candidate Doug Lloyd “left an assault case against a former Eaton County prosecutor’s grandson unreviewed until Metro Times started asking questions[.]” In September, the Metro Times “found several instances” during Lloyd’s tenure as Eaton County Prosectuor “in which cases involving sexual assault, child exploitation, and domestic violence ended with reduced charges, probation instead of jail, or no prosecution at all.”

When asked about these cases, Lloyd’s campaign told the Metro Times it was “crazy” to expect a response within 24 hours. One such case involved the grandson of a former Eaton County Prosecutor, who sexually assaulted multiple minors and received no time under Lloyd’s purview. The day after the Metro Times’ report, Lloyd authorized a new assault charge against the ex-prosecutor’s grandson, though the assault occurred at the beginning of 2026. When asked about these cases in a recent debate, Lloyd responded that  “when they ask about these particular cases, it makes me laugh.”

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Detroit Metro Times: Doug Lloyd failed to charge an ex-prosecutor’s grandson until after we questioned his no-jail sex assault deal

• Republican attorney general candidate Doug Lloyd’s office left an assault case against a former Eaton County prosecutor’s grandson unreviewed until Metro Times started asking questions, his campaign acknowledged.
• Those questions concerned a plea agreement that Lloyd’s office had offered Timothy Reed in two earlier sexual assault cases involving underage girls. Under that deal, prosecutors reduced all four charges, and Reed received probation without serving jail time.
• When Metro Times contacted Lloyd’s campaign about Reed’s plea agreement on Sept. 17 and other deals for sex offenders, a spokesman said it was “crazy” to expect a response within 24 hours.
• The next day, Lloyd authorized a new assault charge against Reed and requested an arrest warrant, according to court records reviewed by Metro Times. The alleged assault occurred Jan. 11, 250 days earlier.
• The charge was authorized the same day Metro Times published its examination of Lloyd’s prosecutorial record. The campaign’s response to that story came only after Lloyd had signed off on the new case.
• Lloyd’s campaign tried to downplay the prosecution’s role in the case, even though Lloyd’s office is ultimately responsible for defendants. 
• In Reed’s earlier cases, prosecutors alleged that he lured minors to secluded locations in a park and sexually assaulted them on two occasions. He also faced a charge of accosting children for immoral purposes. The court had ruled that Reed would be sentenced as an adult if the cases proceeded to trial, and he faced the possibility of life in prison before the plea agreement, according to records reviewed by Metro Times.
• The Sept. 18 Metro Times investigation examined other cases involving sexual assault, child exploitation, and domestic violence in which Lloyd’s office reduced charges, agreed to no upfront jail time, or declined to prosecute. Among them was former Delta Township Supervisor Ken Fletcher, whose case ended with probation after investigators said he engaged in sexually explicit conversations with a detective posing as a 15-year-old boy. In another case, Lloyd allowed former Olympic gymnastics coach John Geddert to undergo counseling and write an apology rather than face an assault charge involving a juvenile gymnast in 2013. 
• The Sept. 18 Metro Times investigation examined other cases involving sexual assault, child exploitation, and domestic violence in which Lloyd’s office reduced charges, agreed to no upfront jail time, or declined to prosecute. Among them was former Delta Township Supervisor Ken Fletcher, whose case ended with probation after investigators said he engaged in sexually explicit conversations with a detective posing as a 15-year-old boy. In another case, Lloyd allowed former Olympic gymnastics coach John Geddert to undergo counseling and write an apology rather than face an assault charge involving a juvenile gymnast in 2013. 

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