(WXYZ) – A 43-year-old former teacher from Plymouth has been charged with sexually assaulting four girls who were under the age of 15 at the time of the alleged assault.
James Adam Baird, 1st degree criminal sexual activity, 1st degree criminal sexual activity – person under 13, 1st degree criminal sexual activity, and 2nd degree criminal sexual activity – 2 persons13 under the age of
Prosecutors have only identified the girls as a 10-year-old Garden City girl, a 13-year-old Westland girl, an 11-year-old Dearborn girl, and a 15-year-old Wayne girl. The age given is the age of the girl when the assault occurred.
The assaults allegedly occurred in Garden City in January 2018, Westland in March 2018, Garden City in May 2019, and Westland in February 2020.
Prosecutors provided the following timeline along with victims and locations.
January 4, 2018 – Garden City, Michigan – A 10-year-old woman at the time.
Around 12:00 pm, at a school at 6400 Hartel Street in Garden City, the defendant allegedly repeatedly sexually assaulted the victim, who was 10 years old at the time, while conducting an eye exam.
MARCH 1, 2018 – WESTLAND, MI – Female, then 13.
At approximately 12:00 p.m., at a school at 35100 Bayview Street, Westland, the defendant allegedly blindfolded the then-13-year-old victim before sexually assaulting him.
May 1, 2019 – Garden City, Michigan – Female, age 11 at the time.
At around 11:00 am, the defendant allegedly blindfolded the victim, who was 11 years old at the time, before sexually assaulting her at a school on Block 6400 Hartel Street in Garden City.
February 11, 2020 – Westland, Michigan – Female, 15
The defendant allegedly blindfolded the then 15-year-old victim before sexually assaulting her at a school in Block 38500 Palmer Road, Westland around 12pm.
Baird was arraigned in the Westland case Wednesday morning, given a personal bond of $100,000 in GPS tethers, and ordered not to have contact with women under the age of 18. The next hearing in those cases is scheduled for his February 9th.
Baird was also arraigned in the Garden City lawsuit on Wednesday, during which he was given a $15,000 personal bond with a GPS tether. His next hearing in these cases is set for February 13th.