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MIDDLETOWN — A 16-year-old Middletown boy spent New Year's Eve behind bars after he was arrested Sunday for allegedly raping a 6-year-old girl.

The boy was baby-sitting the girl and five other children while the girl's mother and stepfather went to a movie with relatives, according to police reports.

When they returned home, the girl was crying, ran to her mother immediately and said she needed to talk to her upstairs. As they were walking upstairs, the boy ran from the home, the mother told police.

The girl said the boy had followed her upstairs where she was cleaning her room and then removed her clothing and touched her inappropriately, and that she had told him to stop.

The girl's stepfather pursued the boy and told him he needed to return to the home. The boy said he did not do anything and fled on foot.

Police found the girl's pants and undergarments and two dolls posed in a sexual position on her bed in the home.

Police referred the girl to Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center for follow-up care.

The boy was taken into custody at his home a short while later and questioned by Middletown police juvenile detectives.

He was charged with one count of rape and taken to the Butler County Juvenile Justice Center. His arraignment is set for Wednesday in juvenile court, according to records.

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