Farmington man charged with raping girl repeatedly over eight-year period
?A Wharton Township man was charged with rape, after a now-teenage girl told state police he raped her weekly over an eight-year period.
Tyler Gilbert Hager, 24, of Farmington was also arraigned Wednesday on charges of sexual assault, statutory sexual assault and indecent assault by Trooper Heather L. Clem.
In an affidavit or probable cause, Clem indicated she met with the alleged victim on April 18, when the teen told her that Hager had been raping her since she was age 8.
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The girl initially reported the alleged assaulted in 2007, but then recanted what she told police, Clem wrote in court papers. The teen told police that she realized the sexual activity was wrong when she was 12 years old, police said.
“She explained that for the past one and a half years, she has been keeping track of all the dates and times when the defendant would force himself on her and rape her, with the last one occurred on April 11 at 11:53?a.m.,” Clem wrote.
The girl told police she told Hager “no” and kicked and punched him.
“The victim related that she wants to defendant to stop doing this to her, to stop hurting her and to get help,” Clem wrote.
Hager was arraigned before Senior Magisterial District Judge Ronald M. Haggerty Sr., and released on $25,000 unsecured bond.
He was ordered to have no contact with the alleged victim.
A preliminary hearing was scheduled for June 29.