RIVESVILLE, W.Va. — State police have arrested a Rivesville man in connection with multiple sexual abuse allegations involving a female under the age of 16.

Police said between 2020 and October 2023, William Bancic, 34, abused the teen at least 10 times near Marion, Monongalia County line.

A witness told detectives that at one point she heard the victim screaming from a locked bedroom.

Bencic has been charged with 13 counts of third-degree sexual abuse by a person of trust and is being held in the North Central Regional Jail on a $150,000 bond.

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