Man Awaiting Trial On Child Sex Abuse Accused Again: Police

CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI — A Chesterfield Township man awaiting trial on two counts of child sexual abuse faces new charges after a 12-year-old girl reported that she was sexually assaulted at a gathering of teens at the man’s home Saturday night, police said. James Curtis Beck, 44, is being held in the Macomb County Jail.

The new charge is first-degree criminal sexual conduct, which carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years in prison and could include life in prison, according to a news release from the Chesterfield Township Police Department.The earlier charges against Beck — two counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct (person under 13) — were filed in December 2015.

Police said the 12-year-old Macomb Township girl in the new case reported she was assaulted at the Carriage Way mobile home community in the area of 24 Mile Road and Gratiot Avenue. Beck was arrested when he returned home from work late Sunday evening, and several pieces of potential evidence were seized under a search warrant, police said.

Beck was arraigned Tuesday at the New Baltimore 42-2 District Court before Judge William Hackel, who set his bond at $50,000 cash/surety. His next court date is Feb. 22.

According to the news release, hearings on the 2015 charges will be held in the near future in Macomb County Circuit Court.

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