Overview
- Gaila L. Bennett, 63, was arraigned Monday in Midland's 75th District Court and remains jailed on a $5 million bond.
- She faces 24 first-degree and 12 second-degree criminal sexual conduct counts, plus 12 counts of assault with intent to commit sexual penetration.
- A Bay County family reported on Oct. 5 that their children were abused at Bennett’s Midland County home between 2013 and 2020, prompting forensic exams.
- Troopers executed an Oct. 17 search warrant at the Prairie Road residence, seized electronic devices, and arrested Bennett.
- Allegations include posing children for explicit images, sexual touching and penetration, threats, and giving unknown medication; a probable cause conference is set for Nov. 4.