GRAND RAPIDS TOWNSHIP, MI – The couple accused of the shocking sexual abuse of a 1-year-old child are due in district court Wednesday. Prosecutors may have to prove there is enough evidence to send the case to felony court where the two would face life in prison if convicted.

Police say Stevie Marie Foehl, 23, and Michael Justin Emory, 25, sexually abused an unidentified baby girl in their York Creek apartment last year and recorded the acts on video.

Ottawa County authorities were investigating Emory for the alleged sexual assault of a teen babysitter earlier this summer when they searched the Alpine Township apartment the couple shared.

In the apartment, police found videos and photographs of child pornography that included the unidentified baby, according to court records.

Emory and Foehl took turns holding the camera and recording each other assaulting the child sometime around Oct. 25, 2012, police say. Emory allegedly committed at least three sexual acts with the baby.

Since the alleged acts happened in Comstock Park, the evidence was handed over to Kent County authorities. The couple was returned to Kent County from South Carolina where they were arrested Aug. 16 on a fugitive warrant.

They are charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct, child sexually abusive activity and using a computer to commit a crime.

Emory also faces an additional charge of first-degree criminal sexual conduct relating to the teen babysitter from Ottawa County.

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The alleged crimes carry a potential maximum penalty of life in prison if the case is sent to Kent County Circuit Court by Judge Sara Smolenski. The hearings could be waived by the defendants if they hope to work out a plea agreement with the prosecution.

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