Hempstead County, Ark., Sheriff's Office investigators arrested Arthur Barto Hill, 69, of McCaskill, Ark. after an investigation into an allegation of sexual abuse involving a 7-year-old girl, Sheriff James Singleton said.
Hill was booked into the Hempstead County Jail on June 29 on a charge of rape and awaits a first appearance in Hempstead County Circuit Court in Hope to be informed of the charge.
No additional information was available at presstime.