GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – A man is behind bars in Florida after police say he sexually assaulted five minors, including girls he met while working as a coach at a Grand Rapids-area gymnastics center.

According to the Kent County Sheriff’s Office, police arrested 49-year-old Shannon Guay in Punta Gorda, Florida on Wednesday. He lives in Florida and is awaiting extradition.

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The Kent County Prosecutor’s Office has issued 12 criminal counts against Guay in three separate cases. If convicted, he faces up to life in prison.

Officials said the incidents happened at three different locations in Kent County. The five victims were between the ages of 4 and 14 at the time of the alleged abuse.

Investigators believe some victims were sexually assaulted between 2006 and 2008 while attending the now-defunct Aerials & Baranis Gymnastics in Plainfield Township, where Guay worked as a coach.