May 13, 2016 2 min read

A North Franklin Township man was arrested early Friday on charges filed by state police for allegedly sexually assaulting a girl over a five-year period more than 20 years ago at a South Franklin Township home.

Richard Eli Barlow, 32, of 166 Milbeck Drive, is charged with two counts of rape, four counts each of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse of an unconscious person, indecent assault of an unconscious victim, three counts of sexual assault and two counts of aggravated indecent assault. He was taken into custody by state police during a traffic stop about 1:30 a.m. Friday at Route 40 and The Road in Canton Township.

The alleged victim told Trooper Thomas Kress the assaults started around July 1993 when she was about 12 years old and continued until about August 1998. She said she was babysitting Barlow.

The alleged victim said Barlow would tickle her feet and armpits when she was sleeping. Then, when she was 13 or 14, she said she awoke to find Barlow having intercourse with her. She also alleged Barlow engaged in other sexual contact with her on more than one occasion when she had been asleep. The alleged victim said the incidents happened multiple times throughout her teenage years.

Barlow was arraigned before District Judge Traci McDonald and placed in Washington County jail on $100,000 bond. He is scheduled for a May 25 preliminary hearing before District Judge Ethan Ward.