BELLINGHAM, Wash. – A man serving jail time in another state has been arrested in Whatcom County for allegedly raping a child.

Bellingham Police Lt. Claudia Murphy said that the arrest came from a 2020 report submitted through Child Protective Services.

The CPS report stated that the suspect sexually assaulted the child twice, with one assault occurring in Bellingham.

35-year-old Juan Carlos Jimenez Mares was extradited from an Oregon jail and booked into the Whatcom County Jail on January 3rd.

Jimenez Mares had been jailed in Oregon for a separate, but similar crime.