LOWELL, Mich. — A Lowell woman is accused of sexually assaulting her three-year-old granddaughter.
The Lowell Police Department (LPD) says the 43-year-old suspect met someone from Coldwater through a dating app. That person allegedly asked her to sexually assault her granddaughter and take photos of the act.
The woman reportedly told police she did not grant the person’s request; however, we’re told police determined she assaulted her granddaughter while communicating with the individual over video chat.
She has since been arrested and charged with criminal sexual conduct in the second degree, aggravated sexual activity involving children, aggravated possession of child sexually abusive material, and using a computer to commit a crime, according to LPD.
We’re told the Coldwater individual was also taken into custody.
The charges stem from a tip initially submitted to the Hillsdale Police Department, according to LPD.
If you have any information about the case, you're asked to call the Lowell Police Department at 616-897-7123 or submit an anonymous tip to Silent Observer at 616-774-2345.
Police encourage anyone who has experienced sexual assault or knows of one is encouraged to call police or the YWCA of West Michigan at 616-454-9922.
