(CNN) A 71-year-old central Louisiana man has been arrested on 100 preliminary counts of first-degree rape, accused of sexually assaulting children in and around his hometown decades ago, authorities said. Harvey Joseph Fountain, of Pineville, was arrested April 9, eight days after an now-adult accuser told authorities that Fountain raped him or her when the accuser was a child, the Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office said. Investigators gathered evidence supporting that allegation, along with accusations that Fountain raped other children, the sheriff's office said. Phillips said he cannot yet disclose how many children are alleged to have been raped. The investigation "is still ongoing, and more arrests are possible," the sheriff's office said in a news release.

Source: CNN April 16, 2019 15:15 UTC