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July 31, 2025
LANSING – Al Allan De Los Santos Mueses, 40, a former foreign exchange student from the Dominican Republic at Western Michigan University, was arraigned on July 28 in the 8th District Court in Kalamazoo on charges stemming from alleged assaults perpetrated on a fellow student in March of 2010, announced Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. Mueses was extradited from Miami.
Meuses is alleged to have assaulted a fellow student, a female then 20 years of age, in his own apartment shortly after meeting her at a campus recreation center. The victim immediately reported the alleged sexual assault to university police and then underwent a forensic medical examination. No charges were issued at the time. Mueses, most recently residing in Miami, Florida, was charged on July 1st of this year with four counts of First-Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct and arrested on July 11th before being extradited to Michigan.
“I remain grateful to our state’s devoted SAKI units and their efforts to bring about justice for victims of sexual assaults perpetrated years ago,” said Nessel. “Their commitment ensures that survivors have the opportunity to see their cases fully investigated and that perpetrators are held accountable.”
Mueses was a foreign exchange student at Western Michigan University between 2009-2013. The investigation into this case remains ongoing by the Kalamazoo Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI), and anyone with information about this incident or similar conduct by Mueses is asked to contact Kalamazoo County SAKI Investigator Richard Johnson by phone at 269-569-0515 or email.
The State’s SAKI was established in 2016 to investigate and prosecute sexual assaults related to previously untested sexual assault evidence kits. The SAKI project provides sexual assault victims with the opportunity to have their cases re-investigated in a comprehensive, trauma-informed manner. The Kalamazoo SAKI is a collaborative project of the Michigan Attorney General’s Office, the Kalamazoo County Prosecutor’s Office, and the YWCA of Kalamazoo.
The Kalamazoo SAKI Team is in the process of investigating more than 200 cold-case sexual assaults that occurred in Kalamazoo County between 1976 and 2015.
“The investigation into these cases continue despite the difficulties caused by the passage of time and suspects moving to different parts of the world,” said Kalamazoo County Prosecuting Attorney Jeffrey S. Getting. “Hard work, persistence, and a commitment to justice are hallmarks of my office, the Attorney General’s office, and the SAKI program.”
Mueses was granted a $250,000 cash or surety bond, and will next appear before the Court on August 7th for a probable cause conference. A preliminary examination is scheduled before Judge Kathleen Hemingway for August 14th.
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