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FL Man Charged with Fondling Granddaughter
The following arrest information was supplied by the Utica Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.
A 70-year-old man accused of fondling his 11-year-old granddaughter inside of a Utica hotel last week was arraigned Tuesday on charges of criminal sexual conduct, second-degree.
The man was arraigned in 41-A District Court Tuesday on the charges, which carry a penalty of up to 15 years in prison.
He was released on a $100,000 personal bond under the conditions that he has no contact with the victim and her family and that he does not leave Michigan.
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The man was arrested after his daughter, a 37-year-old Macomb Township woman, came to the police station on Aug. 28 with her 11-year-old daughter and told police that her father had inappropriately touched her daughter inside of the .
The woman said her father had come into town to take the girl and her 13-year-old brother on a vacation for a week.
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The girl was not hospitalized and her grandfather was charged based on accusations she made during a police interview.
"Basically, what we’re talking about here is a fondling," said Utica Police Chief Dave Faber.
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