Officers of the Bellefontaine Police Department report a 28-year-old city resident has been arrested on charges of two counts of rape involving a victim under the age of 13, a first-degree felony.
Patrick D. Newsome of 424 Woodland Drive was arrested Friday at his residence and was lodged in the Logan County Jail.
Thursday, officers report they received a complaint regarding the sexual assault of a juvenile male, age 7. The parents came to be suspicious of an adult male who had befriended the family.
The investigation over the course of the next day led detectives and officers to the service of a search warrant at the residence of the suspect on Woodland Drive.
At that time, contact was made with Newsome, who had been identified as the suspect.
Officers said he voluntarily agreed to be transported to the police department at that time. The investigation revealed that the defendant initiated inappropriate sexual contact with the victim over the course of at least several months.
The investigation continues.