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Iredell Detectives charge 73-year-old Statesville man with rape

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Iredell County, NC -

On August 9, 2012 detectives were able to obtain 10 Felony warrants on 73-year-old  suspect  Willard Lee Auton of Statesville.

Iredell County Detention Center is charging him with 6 counts of indecent liberties with a child, 3 counts of 1st degree sex offense with a child and 1 count of 1st degree rape of a child.

The victim in this matter came to the Iredell County Sheriff's Office to file a report of sexual assaults that occurred from 2000 through 2003.

Auton is placed under $150,000.00 secured bond and is scheduled to appear in District Court in Moorseville on August 10, 2012.

Further charges may be pending as this investigation continues.

 

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