July 30, 2014
TRAVERSE CITY — A youth soccer referee who lost a job and a law license because he possessed nude images of teenage girls resigned as president of the Grand Traverse Area Soccer Officials Association, but whether Dennis Mikko will continue to referee soccer games remains unclear.
Mikko, in an email sent to GTASOA members this week, said he will resign as president of the organization, which assigns referees to work high school soccer games.
"I have recently accepted employment (that) will take me away from the Grand Traverse area for significant periods of time," Mikko stated in the email. "As such, I do not (feel) that I can effectively continue to serve the GTASOA as its President."
The email made no mention of a Michigan Attorney Discipline Board decision last month to suspend Mikko’s law license for one year after board members found he possessed photos of up to a dozen local girls ages 13 to 16 who’d appeared in family court while Mikko worked as a 13th Circuit Court referee.
Mikko amassed photos of those girls and other photos of naked teen girls and added them to four fiction books he created that were filled with stories of incest , according to the board documents.
REMEMBER THAT MIKKO WAS LET OFF THE HOOK BY RETIRING CHARLEVOIX COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE RICHARD PAJTAS, THE MAN WHO'S SHOES SO MANY OF THE CANDIDATES ARE EAGER TO FILL.
SEE MORE: http://theprettylieortheuglytruth.blogspot.com/2013/04/former-13th-circuit-court-family.html
AND HERE: http://theprettylieortheuglytruth.blogspot.com/2013/04/judge-richard-pajtas.html
Mikko case raises questions about family court system
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http://milawyersweekly.com/news/2009/09/28/court-official-accused-of-having-child-porn/
July 27 --TRAVERSE CITY -- Former 13th Circuit Court referee Dennis Mikko lost his job and recently lost his license to practice law, both thanks to his possession of nude images of teenage girls in his court house office.
Adam Gustafson , president of Traverse Bay Area Youth Soccer, said he didn't immediately know if Mikko worked any TBAYS games since his reinstatement, but said the organization has little ability to deny him games once the state association recertified him.
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New judge to oversee child porn case
Posted on December 2, 2009 by Carol Lundberg
“A visiting judge will handle former 13th Circuit Court referee Dennis P. Mikko’s criminal case after local judges recused themselves,” according to a story in the Traverse City Record Eagle.
“Mikko, 53, is charged with five felony counts of possession of child sexually abusive materials. He was bound over to 13th Circuit Court after an Oct. 23 preliminary examination before 86th District Judge Michael Haley.
“State officials assigned Charlevoix County Circuit Judge Richard Pajtas to supervise Mikko’s case.
“Local circuit judges Philip E. Rodgers and Thomas G. Power declined to take the case because Mikko was an employee of their court. Rodgers and Power could be witnesses, and they also want to avoid the appearance of impropriety.”
Posted in Courts, Judges | Tagged Dennis P. Mikko, Philip E. Rodgers, Richard Pajtas, Thomas G. Power |“Mikko, 53, is charged with five felony counts of possession of child sexually abusive materials. He was bound over to 13th Circuit Court after an Oct. 23 preliminary examination before 86th District Judge Michael Haley.
“State officials assigned Charlevoix County Circuit Judge Richard Pajtas to supervise Mikko’s case.
“Local circuit judges Philip E. Rodgers and Thomas G. Power declined to take the case because Mikko was an employee of their court. Rodgers and Power could be witnesses, and they also want to avoid the appearance of impropriety.”
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MI: Family Court Referee Dennis P. Mikko Charged for Having Child Pornography
In another disturbing demonstration of how the alleged professionals who preside over family court matters can abuse their positions – comes this story about a Michigan Family Court Referee, Dennis P. Mikko, charged with five felony counts of “child sexually abusive materials.”
Mikko has been charged with five felony counts of possession of child sexually abusive materials in connection with the police discovery. It is alleged Mikko was in possession of nude photos of underage girls along with condoms and pornographic materials in a briefcase kept under his desk at the Robert P. Griffin Hall of Justice.
Mikko, 53, was arraigned before 86th District Judge Michael Haley and is free on a personal recognizance bond.
From the article:
LINK: http://www.mrcustodycoach.com/blog/family-court-referee-dennis-mikko-child-pornA detective who searched Mikko’s office Aug. 14 allegedly found the photo collage taped inside a sex-themed book in the briefcase, police reports show. The collage contained clothed pictures of 10 girls who once were on probation in the county.
Mikko case raises questions about family court system
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http://milawyersweekly.com/news/2009/09/28/court-official-accused-of-having-child-porn/
Ex-court referee's license suspended, but still refs soccer
| By Brian McGillivary, The Record-Eagle, Traverse City, Mich. | |
| McClatchy-Tribune Information Services |
The Michigan Attorney Discipline Board suspended Mikko's law license for one year for "grossly improper" conduct discovered in 2009 that the hearing panel described as "reprehensible." But Mikko is back on the field as a youth and high school soccer referee after a three-year suspension that ended in spring 2013.
He's also president of the Grand Traverse Area Soccer Officials Association , the group that assigns referees to work high school games.
Mikko said no one should have concerns about his ability to referee soccer games.
"I have not done anything to anyone nor would I," Mikko said. "I have not acted in an inappropriate way as a referee nor would I. What I did before, that was in the past."
"I don't like it, but there isn't a whole lot we can do about it," Gustafson said. "As a parent does it make you uncomfortable? Sure. I have three daughters and all three play for TBAYS."
Mikko's book of incest
Mikko originally faced 10 felony counts of possession of child sexually abusive material, but a judge dismissed the charges in 2010, ruling the images didn't meet the standard of "sexually abusive."
But Mikko lost his family court referee job in large part because of certain pictures he possessed. Those photos were of up to a dozen local girls ages 13 to 16 who'd appeared in family court. Mikko amassed photos of those girls and other photos of naked teen girls and added them to four fiction books he created that were filled with stories of incest .
The books were made prior to Mikko's appointment as a family court referee in 1997, but he kept them and added the pictures of the local juvenile girls through at least 2003.
Mikko also used his court-issued computer to view pornography and engage in online conversations of a sexual nature with at least a dozen people. One of those conversations with a teenager led to the police investigation that discovered the photos, pornographic DVDs, and the incest book in a briefcase in his office.
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