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Columbia County resident Robert Schaefer, of Ghent, was arrested Monday, Sept. 18, by New York State Police.
According to troopers, Schaefer sexually abused a victim under the age of 11.
Investigators did not elaborate on his relationship to the alleged victim.
Schaefer is charged with felony sexual abuse and misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a child.
He was arraigned in Kinderhook Court, where a judge ordered him held at the Columbia County jail on $5,000 cash bail.
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