Second cousin charged with child rape

A 37-year-old Oregon man is accused of impregnating his teenaged, second cousin on a couch at his grandmother’s Oak Harbor home in 2006, according to court documents.

A 37-year-old Oregon man is accused of impregnating his teenaged, second cousin on a couch at his grandmother’s Oak Harbor home in 2006, according to court documents.

Prosecutors charged Randy Wright, formerly of Sedro-Woolley, in Island County Superior Court Aug. 28 with the rape of a child in the third degree with an aggravating factor. The aggravating factor is that the alleged rape resulted in the victim’s pregnancy.

Island County Superior Court Judge Alan Hancock authorized a $50,000 bench warrant for Wright.

Detective Mike Bailey with the Oak Harbor Police investigated the case last year after getting a call from a detective in Douglas County, Ore. A teenager in Oregon who was nine-months pregnant claimed Wright had sex with her at an Oak Harbor apartment, the report states. She was 14 years old at the time.

Detectives in Oregon taped the girl making a phone call to Wright. She asked Wright if she should have lied about them having sex, and he answers, “Well, yeah,” the report indicates.

In convicted of the charge, Wright could face between 12 and 14 months in prison under the standard sentencing range.