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Fenton man charged with raping 6-year-old

Charles VonHolten

MORRISON – A 64-year-old Fenton man is charged with six felonies after investigators said he raped a 6-year-old girl.

Charles VonHolten was arrested Thursday and freed after posting $50,000 of his $500,000 bond.

According to investigators, VonHolten committed the assaults between August and May.

He is charged with three counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, each of which carries a sentence of 6 to 60 years, and sexual assault of a child, each of which carries 4 to 15 years.

Kathleen Schultz

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Kathleen Schultz is a Sterling native with 40 years of reporting and editing experience in Arizona, California, Montana and Illinois.