A 61-year-old Bellingham man was arrested on Tuesday in his Sudden Valley home on suspicion of the rape and molestation of a child, Whatcom County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday.
Richard Bartholomew was booked into Whatcom County Jail on multiple accounts of second-degree rape of a child and multiple counts of second-degree child molestation, police said. No bail is allowed, according to the jail roster.
The victim said Bartholomew befriended her at church when she was 12 years old
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