ST. CLAIR SHORES, Mich. – A St. Clair Shores man was arrested Thursday after he was accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl.

Police were called to the area of Harper Avenue and Masonic Boulevard, where the girl said she was riding her bicycle at Kyte Monroe Park when Charles Michaels, 34, of St. Clair Shores, knocked her off her bicycle and took it across the street to his apartment.

Police said the girl followed Michaels to get her bike back, and she was abducted and forced into his apartment.

"He grabbed her wrist and, you know, 'You get up there,' and he really scared her," the girl's father said.

Once inside, the girl's father said Michaels locked the door and forced his daughter to strip down. In the middle of the assault, the 13-year-old said she saw an opportunity to escape.

"She kicked him really hard, and then he dropped to his knees," her father said. "She grabbed her clothes and ran out the door. She ran out of that apartment. She was naked."

She ran to a friend's house two blocks away. Police were called and Michaels was arrested at the park.

"She just turned 13," the girl's father said. "She shouldn't have to deal with this."

Michaels was charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct of a person 13 to 15 years old.

The girl's father said he's not happy with the charges because he believes Michaels should have a tougher penalty for stealing his daughter's innocence.

"How do you get those charges talked down?" he asked. "You did what you did. I'm just not happy."

Michaels was arraigned Friday and is being held on $5,000 bail.

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