Ex-music professor indicted on sex charges involving minor

ANN ARBOR » A former music professor at the University of Michigan was indicted on charges that he transported a minor across state lines to engage in sexual conduct. Stephen Shipps, 67, was expected to be arraigned via video Thursday in federal court, according to the U.S. attorney’s office in Detroit. Shipps, of Ann Arbor, was arrested Thursday morning.

The indictment alleges that on several occasions in 2002 a girl younger than 18 was transported across state lines for sexual activity. The girl was born in 1985, according to the indictment. The case remains under investigation. The Associated Press was unable Thursday morning to determine if Shipps had an attorney.