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Detroit Man Accused of Assaulting 5-Year-Old in McDonald’s Restroom Bound Over for Trial

The ruling keeps the 34-year-old jailed on a $250,000 bond pending a Dec. 18 arraignment.

Overview

  • A judge found probable cause at Thursday’s preliminary examination and sent the case to circuit court on one count of second-degree criminal sexual conduct involving a child under 13.
  • Police say the suspect followed a 5-year-old into the women’s restroom at the Michigan Avenue McDonald’s on Oct. 30 and touched her inappropriately before leaving.
  • Detroit officers arrested Joshua Joel-Eli Brown on Nov. 4 after investigating the report.
  • Bond remains set at $250,000 cash or surety with conditions including a GPS tether, house arrest with a work exception, and no contact with the victim, the restaurant, or minors.
  • Court records list an arraignment date of Dec. 18, and Brown remains in jail.