BELLINGHAM, Wash. – A Whatcom County man will spend a year and a day in prison for raping his young daughter.

James L. Troupe pleaded guilty to 3rd degree rape earlier this year and was sentenced in Whatcom County Superior Court on Tuesday, April 18th.

His daughter told a counselor at her high school in 2018 that her father had been sexually abusing her since she was in grade school.

Troupe avoided more serious charges through a plea agreement with prosecutors.