A Tulsa man was arrested Monday afternoon on suspicion of committing multiple sex crimes against a preteen girl, police said.
Joshua Gavin Tharp Jr., 32, was charged Wednesday with two counts each of lewd molestation and rape by instrumentation of a child younger than 14. A record filed in the case claims that Tharp committed the offenses between Jan. 1 and Nov. 22 of last year.
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Tulsa Police Cpl. Greg Smith said the Police Department began investigating the case after receiving a referral from the Oklahoma Department of Human Services.
A family friend sent a report to authorities indicating that something was wrong, and the girl eventually told investigators about the allegations, he said.
“He was a friend of the family and said he needed a place to stay, and when he was staying there this was apparently going on,” Smith said.
Smith said Tharp was kicked out of the home and began living out of his vehicle once family members notified police.
Tharp is in the Tulsa Jail in lieu of $100,000 bond.
