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Bryant Billing – Staff Writer

The Miami County Sheriff’s Office has announced that it has arrested a man on who was accused of raping a child more than 20 years ago.

Joseph O. Hadlock, 70, of Monroe Twp., was indicted Wednesday, July 22 in Miami County Common Pleas Court of three counts of rape of a minor under the age of 13 and two counts of gross sexual imposition.

Hadlock, Joseph O.

Joseph O. Hadlock

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He was arrested the same day on a warrant connected to the charges and booked into the Miami County Jail without incident, the sheriff’s office said.

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According to the sheriff’s office, the sexual assaults reportedly happened from 1995 until the early 2000s.

The sheriff’s office asked anyone with information on this or any related case to contact Detective Sgt. Todd Cooper at 937-440-3986 or by emailing tmcooper@miamicountyohio.gov. Anonymous tips can also be left on the sheriff’s office website.