A Bigfork man has been arrested after he was accused of sexually assaulting a 6-year-old girl.
George Wilcoxen was arrested on Aug. 5 on a felony assault charge. He is expected to appear in Flathead County District Court at an arraignment on Aug. 18 before Judge Heidi Ulbricht.
According to court documents, a woman called the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office in July 2015 to report that Wilcoxen had sexually assaulted her daughter in 2013. Detectives with the Flathead County Children’s Advocacy Center conducted a forensic interview with the girl who said she stayed at Wilcoxen’s home in the summer of 2013.
During that visit, Wilcoxen allegedly took the girl into his bedroom, held her down and sexually assaulted her.
If convicted, Wilcoxen could face life in prison and a $50,000 fine.