POLICE: 70-Year-Old Man Suspected of Sexual Assault

A 70-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting a nursing student was out of jail Sunday while Chino Hills Police/San Bernardino County Sheriff’s continued to investigate if the man victimized others.

An unidentified woman reported the incident Feb. 20. The woman told police she had answered a newspaper advertisement for a nursing student interested in learning physical therapy, according to a police release.

In the ad, Michael Barron, of Chino Hills, presented himself as a professor of kinesiology who was willing to provide training and in return the student would perform therapy on him for his many physical ailments, according to the news release.

On the day of the incident, Barron performed the therapy on the victim and touched her inappropriately against her will then asked her to touch him all under the guise of therapy, officials wrote.

Barron was arrested on suspicion of sexual battery. He had been booked into the West Valley Detention Center. San Bernardino County Sheriff’s officials did not release a photo of Barron, but jail records described him as 6-foot-2, 200 pounds, with blue eyes and blond hair.

Anyone who believes they were victimized by Barron is asked to call the Chino Hills Sheriff's Station at (909) 364-2000, and ask to speak to a detective.