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OTHELLO – A local couple was arrested Monday, Oct. 17, in connection with a child rape case initially reported in February.

Edgar Fermin Sales-Andres, 28, was arrested for first-degree rape of a child, the Adams County Jail log shows. Junanna Santos-Gutierrez, 37, was arrested for rendering criminal assistance.

The bookings in the jail com nearly eight months after deputies received a report of sexual abuse of a child in the 300 block of South Reynolds Road.

The report was made Feb. 23 after a 3-year-old child was taken to a local clinic and the medical staff were suspicious of statements...