MIDLAND, Mich. (WNEM) - A babysitter has been charged after a family reported the Midland County woman abused their children.

Michigan State Police said Tri-City Post troopers were contacted earlier in October by a Bay County family to report the criminal sexual abuse of their children while in the care of a babysitter between 2013 and 2020.

MSP said the abuse happened at the babysitter’s home on Prairie Road in Midland County.

On Friday, Oct. 17, troopers executed a search warrant at the home and seized electronic devices that will be analyzed for evidence.

MSP said Gaila Bennett, 63, from Midland was arraigned on Monday Oct. 21 in the 75th District Court on 47 counts of criminal sexual conduct.

This incident remains under investigation, and MSP said more charges could come.

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