Utica, N.Y. — A Utica man was arrested on Friday and charged with rape and sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl, police said.

Darren A. Dunsmore, 34, was arrested in the parking lot of Market 32 on Genesee Street in Utica after an Oneida County grand jury indicted him on multiple felony charges, according to a news release from State Police.

The investigation began in January, when State Police received a report from the House of the Good Shepherd about a possible sexual assault involving a child.

Investigators determined Dunsmore, who was known to the girl’s family, had engaged in sexual acts with the 12-year-old on more than one occasion earlier this year, police said.

He also exchanged explicit messages with her through social media, police said.

He was charged with two counts of f

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