49-year-old man jailed in Dayton child rape case

A 49-year-old man was booked into jail Friday evening in connection to a Dayton child rape case.

Michael Scruggs was booked on suspicion of rape of a child younger than 13; gross sexual imposition involving a child younger than 13; and a misdemeanor charge of public indecency - exposure, according to Montgomery County Jail records.

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Scruggs is scheduled to be arraigned Monday afternoon in Dayton Municipal Court.

We are working to learn more about the case against him.

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