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PULLMAN — A local man is being held on $250,000 bail for alleged multiple child-sex crimes.

Douglass Martin, 61, of Pullman, was arrested at 10 p.m. Friday, July 1 on rape of a child, child molestation and dealing depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct, records show. He remains in the Whitman County Jail.

Martin is charged with six counts of rape of child, two counts of first-degree child molestation, two counts of second- degree child molestation, and second-degree dealing in depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct, court records show.

Chief Deputy...