LOWVILLE â A village resident was charged Tuesday by the Oneida County Sheriffâs Office with raping a child.
Daryl R. Spencer, 38, was charged with felony second-degree rape, according to a news release from the sheriffâs office.
Spencer is accused of having sexual contact with a 14-year-old girl beginning in February 2019, the release said.
A sheriffâs office investigator assigned to the Oneida County Child Advocacy Center, Nicholas Dean, started investigating the accusation on Dec. 23.
Lewis County Sheriffâs Office Investigator Ryan Lehman, who is attached to the Jefferson-Lewis Child Advocacy Center, was contacted by the Oneida team to help with the case and confirmed that although the alleged crimes took place in Oneida County, the victim is also a local resident.