Man accused of raping 4-year-old girl

A Whitman County man is facing a charge of first-degree rape of a child after his arrest by sheriff’s deputies.

The Whitman County Sheriff’s Office today reported that Steven Thomas Schuler, 34, was taken into custody in Rosalia following a complaint about the rape of a four-year-old girl in Lamont on Friday.

He was scheduled to appear on Monday in Whitman County Superior Court to hear the charge against him, deputies said.