A Schuylkill County man was jailed on Wednesday after being charged with having a sexual relationship with a young girl.

State police at Frackville have charged David Joseph Whipple, 22, of Girardville, with involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, statutory sexual assault, corruption of minors and related counts.Troopers said on Sept. 17, 2015, they began an investigation into a reported indecent contact between Whipple and a 15-year-old girl. The incidents occurred at Whipple's home at various times between Aug. 29 and Sept. 17. Troopers obtained a warrant for Whipple's arrest earlier this month and it was served on him Wednesday.He was arraigned before District Judge Christina Hale, of Frackville, and committed to the county prison in Pottsville after failing to post $100,000 straight cash bail.