{"id":171925,"date":"2026-02-10T14:41:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T14:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/171925\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T14:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T14:41:09","slug":"oakland-county-babysitter-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-child-for-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/171925\/","title":{"rendered":"Oakland County babysitter accused of sexually assaulting child for years"},"content":{"rendered":"

WEST BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. \u2013 An Oakland County babysitter was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a child for years.<\/p>\n

Michael Alan Bank, 58, was charged with three counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct of a person under 13 and one count of second-degree criminal sexual conduct of a person under 13.<\/p>\n

The child\u2019s mother told police on Jan. 8, 2026, that she used sittercity.com<\/a> to hire Bank as a nanny. Over the following years, police said Bank allegedly sexually assaulted the child.<\/p>\n

Police executed a search warrant at Bank\u2019s home on Aeroview Street in West Bloomfield Township on Jan. 15, and arrested him.<\/p>\n

At Bank\u2019s home, detectives found and collected several electronic devices, which police said contained a \u201cmultitude\u201d of evidence of children, including what appeared to be Bank with some of those children in various compromised positions and acts.<\/p>\n

Bank was arraigned in court on Jan. 18 and was denied bond. He remains lodged at the Oakland County Jail.<\/p>\n

Police believe there could be more victims in this case. <\/p>\n

Anyone who may have been a victim is asked to call Detective Cherry with the West Bloomfield Township Police Department at (248) 975-8981.<\/p>\n

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