Andy Vogt

A 48-year-old Mt. Vernon man has been arrested and charged with the rape and kidnapping of a minor girl.

Andy Alan Vogt has been charged with first-degree rape, first-degree kidnapping and first-degree sexual abuse, according to court records. Vogt also faces a misdemeanor charge of pointing a firearm at the girl.

The rape by forcible compulsion or kidnapping charges could carry sentences of up to 20 years in prison.

In the information filed Oct. 30 by District Attorney Jim Carpenter, the crimes were alleged to have taken place between Oct. 21-29.

Carpenter accused Vogt of confining the girl in a place where she couldn’t be found “with the purpose of furthering the commission of or an attempt to commit the crime of first-degree rape and unlawful sexual penetration.”

Vogt appeared in court Oct. 30, and Grant County Circuit Court Judge William D. Cramer Jr. set bail at $500,000 and ordered Vogt not to contact the alleged victim or her family or any minor females if released on bail. Vogt is set to appear in court again Nov. 5.