A man from Arkansas has been taken into custody following accusations of attempting to coerce a child victim into having an abortion, as reported by local authorities.

Identified as Wade Lawrence Green, 43, he faces charges including two counts of rape, along with charges of second-degree sexual assault, sexual extortion, and concealing birth, as per records from the Benton County Sheriff’s Office.

Authorities state that these offenses are linked to incidents spanning from 2020 until the spring of 2023.

Throughout the distressing series of events, the victim reportedly became pregnant, a situation the accused allegedly sought to change forcefully.

Green’s arrest occurred on Monday following a 911 call made on November 9, in which one of the victims described a “bad man” sexually abusing young girls. This information was detailed in a heavily redacted affidavit acquired by Fort Smith’s CBS affiliate KFSM.

That day, Bentonville Police Department officers rushed over the residence in question and began interviewing the children there. One of the victims — still underage at the time of her interview with police — said Green began sexually abusing her in 2020.

“[Redacted] stated the abuse from Wade started when she was 10 or 11,” the affidavit reads. “She said Wade would tell her that he wanted her to grow up and eventually be his wife and that it wasn’t pedophilia because they loved each other.”

That sexual abuse, the child said, eventually led to her becoming pregnant by Wade in 2023, police claim in the charging document.

In turn, the defendant tried to abort the unborn child with an array of brutal at-home methods — including punching the girl in the stomach repeatedly and shoving a metal rod inside of her, police allege.

In March 2023, the underage victim gave birth inside the residence, she told police. The baby, however, was stillborn.

The child victim blacked out while giving birth, she told police. The victim said she never saw her baby — but knew the newborn was dead, according to the affidavit. The victim went on to say she assumed Green put the tiny body into a trash bag and disposed of the remains.

The girl also said she never once went to a hospital throughout the miscarriage or the recovery process, authorities say.

In a follow-up interview with a child advocate, the girl went on to say she endured instances of coercion, psychological and physical abuse in addition to the rape and forced abortion attempt, police claim.

And then, only weeks postpartum, the defendant began sexually assaulting the girl again, she told police. The abuse only stopped after she stopped living at Green’s residence, according to the affidavit.

The victim further said she was threatened by the defendant that he would release videos of him raping her should she ever tell anyone about her experiences inside of his residence, police say.

Green is also alleged to have told multiple people he was a former Marine and special forces member who was capable of killing someone and concealing his own guilt, authorities say.

The allegations against Green may only be the start.

In comments to the TV station, a spokesperson for the Bentonville Police Department said their investigation was “very active” and included multiple child victims — but declined to release details.

The defendant is currently detained in the Benton County Jail on $500,000 bond. He is slated to appear in court on Dec. 22.