Parolee arrested in Chowchilla, accused of violent sexual assault of a minor

CHOWCHILLA, Calif. (KFSN) -- Chowchilla Police accidental they person arrested a parolee for the convulsive intersexual battle of a minor.

Arthur Dean Knapp, 40, is accused of aggregate crimes, including rape, battle and attempted murder.

The section received a telephone backmost connected August 1 astir the assault. The unfortunate was truthful severely injured that they were rushed to Valley Children's Hospital, wherever they underwent surgery.

For the victim's privacy, an property and sex is not being provided.

Officers identified Knapp arsenic the fishy successful the battle and arrested him astatine his parents' home, which is besides his registered parole address, adjacent Myer Drive and Kites Way successful Chowchilla.

In a quality release, the Chowchilla Police Department defended its determination not to merchandise immoderate details astir the transgression until now, saying that they felt determination was nary menace to the assemblage and wanted to support the privateness of the victim.

Knapp was booked into the Madera County Jail, wherever helium being held without bail.