Bloomfield man arrested on child rape charges

A Bloomfield man has been arrested in Spencer County and charged with two sexual charges involving a child.

Robert Stevens, 35, was arrested Saturday by Kentucky State Police and charged with first-degree rape of a child under 12 years old and first-degree sexual abuse of a child under 12 for offenses that occurred in Spencer County.

Both offenses happened the same day that he was taken into custody, arrest records say.

Stevens is lodged in the Shelby County Detention Center under a $50,000 cash bond.