After a preliminary hearing, Kellie Leigh Bartlett was bound over in Barry County District court on charges of aggravated stalking, which carries a maximum of five years in prison. A second charge of using a computer to commit a crime was added. This offense carries a  maximum of  seven years in prison.

 

Prosecutors alleged that Bartlett violated a court order by having a third party contact a victim in a pending case.

 

The offense's are alleged to have occured in Eaton county.  However the Barry County Prosecutor;'s Office was assigned by the Attorney General as a speciial prosecutor as the Eaton County Prosecutor's Office had a conflict of interest and recused itselt.

 

No date has been set for a pre-trial in the case.