A registered sex offender is accused of victimizing another underage Oak Harbor girl, according to court documents.
Prosecutors charged Caleb J. Clark, 20, in Island County Superior Court Sept. 22 with two counts of rape of a child in the third degree.
Clark is accused of having sex with a child who is at least 14 but less than 16 years old.
If convicted of the charges, he could face up to five years in prison under the standard sentence range.
An Oak Harbor woman reported in August that her 15-year-old daughter ran away, but that she returned after spending two nights with Clark.
The girl told investigators that she had sex with Clark and he knew she was 15 years old. She said Clark told her he could get in trouble if she told anyone.
Clark admitted during an interview with investigators that he had consensual sex with the girl “once or twice.”
Clark was charged two years ago with molesting and “sexting” a middle-school girl. He was convicted of child molestation.
In that case, Clark had sex with a 13-year-old girl at a home on Northeast Fourth Avenue that was raided by police.
Oak Harbor police served a search warrant on the home and found 14 people living inside the house, in a camper and a shed.
Neighbors near the property long complained about the noise, disturbances and traffic in and out of the residence. The city’s code enforcement officer deemed the home unsafe to occupy because of a raw sewage leak and excessive trash.
After his conviction, Clark was deemed a Level 1 sex offender.
