LOVELAND, Ohio -- Authorities say an Ohio man is accused of raping a 13-year-old girl as a form of punishment.
Police in the Cincinnati suburb of Loveland say 54-year-old Jackie Peterson is charged with one count of rape. He was being held Thursday in the Hamilton County jail on $150,000 bond.
Authorities say Peterson is accused of raping the girl at his Loveland home on Tuesday.
Police say she may have been abused 30 times over several months.
A county Department of Job and Family Services official says the girl's mother left the teenager and her four siblings with Peterson while she worked or was out of town.
An accurate telephone number for Peterson's attorney could not be found.
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