Former CHP officer arrested, charged with rape of 12-year-old

A former California Highway Patrol Officer has been arrested on child sex abuse and rape charges.

35-year-old Micheal Joslin appeared in Amador County Superior Court and pleaded not guilty to five felony counts of continued sexual abuse on a 12-year-old girl. 

Joslin was taken into custody on Tuesday. 

Amador County sheriff's investigators say they were notified of the alleged abuse over the weekend.