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   Shawn Darnell Robinson Hopkins, 37, turned himself in and is facing one count   
   of criminal sexual conduct in a 2005 rape case, the Michigan Attorney General   
   Dana Nessel announced Feb. 3, 2023. (Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office/WWMT)   
      
   KALAMAZOO, Mich. — A Kalamazoo man has been convicted of charges related to   
   a nearly two decades-long sexual assault case, according to the attorney   
   general's office.   
      
   Shawn Darnell Robinson Hopkins, 39, was convicted Monday of two counts of   
   first-degree criminal sexual conduct.   
      
   Both charges come years after Hopkins gave a teenager, 14, alcohol and   
   marijuana before he sexually assaulted her in 2005, according to Attorney   
   General Dana Nessel.   
      
   The girl met Hopkins through a friend hours before the assault, and only knew   
   him by his street name, "Chicago," officials said.   
      
   She would immediately report the then-unknown man.   
      
   Hopkins, who has a history of violence with family members and intimate   
   partners dating back to the early 2000s, discovered he was under investigation   
   and fled to Chicago after the assault, Nessel said.   
      
   He would remain hidden under more than a half-dozen aliases.   
      
   However, Hopkins was eventually identified through DNA testing in 2022, and   
   turned himself in on Feb. 3, 2023, officials said.   
      
   “It can be extremely difficult to bring about justice in cold-case sexual   
   assault trials, but the talented prosecutors of our state’s Sexual Assault   
   Kit Initiative continue to bring these cases before juries, secure   
   convictions, and make our    
   communities safer," Attorney General Dana Nessel said.   
      
   She continued, "I applaud the remarkable bravery of our victim, who, as a   
   child 19 years ago, had the courage to speak out and seek accountability for   
   her abuser. Her strength is a reminder that justice is worth pursuing, no   
   matter how long it takes.”   
      
   Hopkins is scheduled to be sentenced in the 9th Circuit Court on Feb. 5, 2025.   
      
   The Kalamazoo Sexual Assault Kit Initiative assisted in the investigation.   
      
   https://wwmt.com/news/local/shawn-darnell-robinson-hopkins-kalam   
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