Middletown man charged in alleged child rape case

A 53-year-old Middletown man has been charged with felony rape in an alleged sexual assault against a 12-year-old girl in Middletown, police said.

Phillip Gregory Norman appeared today in Middletown Municipal Court on the charges and his case was bound over to the Butler County Grand Jury.

A Middletown woman told police that her daughter spent the night at a friend’s residence on Ottawa Street, and the next morning, she told her mother that an adult male subject had sexually assaulted her while she was there, according to the police report.

Additional charges are pending against Norman, police said.

Middletown police are asking if anyone has information on this case to call 513-425-7785.

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