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KEY POINTS

  • A Michigan man, 36, raped a little girl "100 or more times" between 2003 and 2007
  • He has been slapped with several charges, including first-degree criminal sexual conduct
  • The man is also facing separate felony charges over the alleged abduction of a woman

A Michigan man described by police as a "serial monster" has been accused of raping a child more than a hundred times for several years.

Michael Anthony Barajas has been slapped with five counts each of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, bribing or intimidating a witness and felony firearms charges, court records showed, according to Law & Crime.

The 36-year-old, who also faces separate felony charges including sex trafficking and kidnapping from an arrest last month, sexually assaulted a little girl "100 or more times" between 2003 and 2007, Genesee County Sheriff Christopher Swanson claimed Tuesday.

"Every week – sometimes four to five times a week – [Barajas] would hold this little girl, and he would do the same things to her. Almost the same type of threats, the same type of intimidation, and the same type of sexual assault," Swanson said in a video briefing.

"He doesn't stop. He will not stop. That's why he's a serial monster," the sheriff added.

Barajas' victim, who was not named and only identified as a person not from the area, came forward with her allegations following his arrest last month, according to Swanson.

"She saw the news story and [determined] she has enough courage to come forward and tell her story," the police official explained.

In his other case, Barajas allegedly directed the kidnapping of a pregnant and vulnerable 22-year-old woman in late November last year by having his accomplices promise her basic comforts such as a hot meal and shower.

Swanson referred to the approach as a "grooming hook."

"He was building out a gang to do these kinds of things called 'the Masaad Squad.' He was training different people in his organization to find vulnerable females, to take them to a location, and to use that location as a human trafficking headquarters for people to come in and rape these victims," the police official claimed.

Barajas also threatened to rip out the woman's throat with his file-sharpened teeth if she did not obey him.

The woman was later rescued after a "medical emergency" required her to go to the hospital.

In addition to Barajas, police arrested two other suspects, identified as Alex Schmidt, 23, and Jojuan Najee Howze, 33.

Both were charged with multiple counts of kidnapping and first-degree criminal sexual conduct.

Authorities are still searching for two other male suspects believed to have belonged to Barajas' group.

One of the suspects goes by the name of Lil Ryan, while the other, Cody Lohrer, has been labeled a person of interest.

Barajas was scheduled to appear for a probable cause hearing in District Court on Jan. 19.

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