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Milford Man Charged With Child Rape

MILFORD – A 45-year-old Milford man was arrested and charged with child rape after the Otsego County District Attorney’s office received information that he was abusing an underage female, it was announced over the weekend.

Kevin William Blush was arrested April 29 after investigators at the DA’s office received a tip that he was having sexual contact with a girl under the age of 15.

After investigators interviewed the girl at the Otsego County Child Advocacy Center, the interviewed Blush at his residence, where he allegedly confessed to the allegations.  He was arrested for rape in the second degree, a class D felony, and endangering the welfare of a child, a class A misdemeanor.

He was arraigned by Town of Hartwick Judge Orrin D. Higgins and remanded to the Otsego County Correctional Facility on $5,000 bail returnable in the Hartwick Court on May 11, 2016 at 4:00 p.m.  A temporary order of protection was issued for the victim.

District Attorney John M. Muehl is prosecuting the case.

 

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