Nathan S. Wing Courtesy photo Franklin County Detention Center

UPDATE: Nathan S. Wing has been found not guilty. 

FARMINGTON — A local man is facing charges related to alleged sexual abuse of a girl multiple times over the span of last summer, Farmington Police Sgt. Michael Lyman wrote in an email Thursday.

Lyman received a referral from the Maine Department of Health and Human Services and began an investigation.

He arrested Nathan S. Wing, 42, of Farmington on Wednesday on a felony charge of unlawful sexual contact, and a misdemeanor charge of the same.

The girl is under age 16 and is not related to Wing, Lyman said.

Wing was taken to the Franklin County Detention Center on Wednesday night. He was released  on $250 cash bail later in the evening.

A conviction on the felony charge is punishable by a maximum five years in prison and  $5,000 fine and the misdemeanor carries up to 364 days in prison l and a $2,000 fine.