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A Barnum man faces charges of allegedly raping a young girl who had previously looked up to him as a father figure.

Chad Arnold Connor, 47, was arraigned in Sixth District Court-Carlton County on Feb. 9 on two charges of felony first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a person under 13.

According to the criminal complaint, Connor is 33 years older than his alleged victim. Now a teenager, the girl told her mother and police in December that Connor had raped her starting when she was about 6 years old and would spend time at his trailer house in Barnum. The alleged sexual abuse occurred over...