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BIG STONE GAP, Va. – A Big Stone Gap police officer accused of sexually assaulting a child younger than 13 for more than two years will be arraigned this morning.

Oliver Mullins, 31, of Pound, Virginia, was arrested Friday after a two-month investigation by the Virginia State Police that was requested by the Wise County Sheriff’s Office, according to a VSP news release.

Mullins faces more than 40 charges, including 20 counts of aggravated sexual battery, 20 counts of indecent liberties, rape, display of porn, and forcible sodomy. The charges carry punishment ranges between 10 years, 20 years and life in prison.

The incidents happened between March 2014 and April 2016, according to the June 15 indictment.

No other details about the case were available Monday. Wise County Commonwealth’s Attorney Chuck Slemp said he could release no further information because the case is an active investigation.

Big Stone Gap Police Chief Steve Hamm said Monday that Mullins has been suspended without pay pending the outcome of the judicial process.

The VSP says its investigation, conducted by the Bureau of Criminal Investigation in the Wytheville office, is ongoing.

Mullins is being held without bond at the Southwest Virginia Regional Jail in Duffield.