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Rockingham rape suspect turns himself in

Rockingham County Sheriff's Office has arrested 50-year-old Fredrick Donnell Dalton.

Rockingham rape suspect turns himself in

Rockingham County Sheriff's Office has arrested 50-year-old Fredrick Donnell Dalton.

HIGHER STORM CHANCES, COMING UP. JACKIE: WE WILL SEE YOU THEN. THANK YOU. HAPPENING NOW, GREENSBORO POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF A WOMAN AS A HOMICIDE. OFFICERS FOUND 32-YEAR-OLD IVANNA WILKES WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND LAST NIGHT ON O’BRIEN STREET. THAT’S JUST OFF GATE CITY BOULEVARD. POLICE SAY WILKES DIED AT THE SCENE. NO WORD ON ANY SUSPECTS. SEVERAL STREETS IN ARCHDALE ARE STILL CLOSED THIS AFTERNOON BECAUSE OF A GASOLINE LEAK. THE AREA ALONG MAIN STREET IS BLOCKED OFF AS A SAFETY PRECAUTION. FIREFIGHTERS SAY A GAS STATION HAD PLUMBING ISSUES IN THEIR PUMP SYSTEM, CAUSING GASOLINE TO LEAK OUT. RANDOLPH COUNTY EMS SAYS SOME GAS RAN INTO THE STORM DRAIN SYSTEM THAT EVENTUALLY FEEDS INTO MUDDY CREEK. THE WATER SUPPLY IS BEING MONITORED TO MAKE SURE IT’S SAFE. IT’S PRIMARY DAY IN SEVERAL U.S. STATES. IN WYOMING, CONGRESSWOMAN LIZ CHENEY IS TRYING TO HOLD ONTO HER HOUSE SEAT WHILE HER OPPONENT GETS DONALD TRUMP’S SUPPORT. MEANTIME, THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS ALSO BUSY FIGHTING A JUSTICE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATION. SUSAN MCGINNIS REPORTS ON THE LATEST PRIMARY PUSH, WHICH INCLUDES PRESIDENT BIDEN SIGNING A BILL TODAY THAT HE SAYS WILL CHANGE LIVES. SUSAN: IN DEEP RED WYOMING, VOTERS HEAD TO THE POLLS AS ALL INDICATIONS POINT TO CONGRESSWOMEN LIZ CHENEY LOSING HER SEAT. >> SHE IS A SELLOUT. >> BETRAYAL. SUSAN: CHENEY, WHO CO-CHAIRS THE JANUARY 6 COMMITTEE, IS FIRMLY IN TRUMP’S CROSSHAIRS. >> LIZ, YOU ARE FIRED. SUSAN: FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, ON A CRUSADE TO OUST HER, BACKS REPUBLICAN HARRIET HAGEMAN WHO SUPPORTS HIS FALSE CLAIMS OF ELECTION FRAUD. >> WE’RE FED UP WITH LIZ CHENEY. >> THERE IS NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT SHE WILL EVER DO. SUSAN: WITH HELP FROM HER FORMER V.P. DAD, AND PERHAPS DEMOCRATS AND INDEPENDENTS, HOPING AGAINST HOPE. >> SHE PROMOTES DEMOCRACY. SUSAN: IN A STATE WHERE SUPPORT REMAINS STRONG FOR DONALD TRUMP. AND AS THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND REPUBLICANS FUNDRAISE OFF THE FBI’S SEARCH OF HIS HOME, THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT UNDER PRESSURE TO RELEASE THE AFFIDAVIT JUSTIFYING THE SEARCH. BUT IT OPPOSES THE MOVE, SAYING IT NEEDS TO PROTECT WITNESSES. THIS, AS THE CURRENT PRESIDENT SIGNS A BILL TODAY, HE SAYS WILL BE LIFE CHANGING FOR AMERICANS. >> THIS IS A HISTORIC MOMENT. SUSAN: THE $739 BILLION INFLATION REDUCTION ACT MAKES THE BIGGEST INVESTMENT EVER IN CLIMATE CHANGE. >> IT SHORES UP THE ENERGY SECURITY IN THIS COUNTRY, IT REDUCES OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT BY FAR. SUSAN: IT ALLOWS MEDICARE TO NEGOTIATE PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES, FUNDED IN PART BY NEW TAXES ON SOME CORPORATIONS AND HOUSEHOLDS MAKING MORE THAN $400,000 A YEAR. ANOTHER LEGISLATIVE ACHIEVEMENT FOR THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, BUT ONE REPUBLICANS ARGUE WILL COST LOWER AND MIDDLE-CLASS AMERICANS MORE. THE PRESIDENT SIGNS THAT BILL AT 3:30 EASTERN. AS FOR CHENEY, SHE VOWS TO CONTINUE HER FIGHT TO KEEP DONALD TRUMP FROM SERVING IN THE WHITE HOUSE AGAIN. SUSAN MCGINNIS, NBC NEWS, WASHINGTON. JACKIE: VOTERS IN ALASKA ARE ALSO HEADING TO THE POLLS TODAY. A FEDERAL JUDGE HAS AGAIN REFUSED TO BLOCK THE USE OF A STATE LAW IN A PROBE OVER AN ELECTION AD RUN BY STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL JOSH STEIN. THE LAW MAKES IT ILLEGAL TO KNOWINGLY CIRCULATE FALSE REPORTS TO DAMAGE A CANDIDATE’S ELECTION CHANCES. IT AIRED IN 2020 AGAINST STEIN’S REPUBLICAN OPPONENT, FORSYTH COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY JIM O’NEILL. NO ONE HAS BEEN CHARGED UNDER THE LAW. THE WAKE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY HAS BEEN INVESTIGATING. STEIN’S CAMPAIGN HAS ASKED A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT TO BLOCK ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW, WHICH THEY CALL "OVERLY BROAD." HAPPENING NOW, THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS IS MEETING TO APPOINT A NEW MEMBER TO THE GUILFORD COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS. THE PANEL WILL NAME EITHER FELITIA O’DONNELL AND MONICA WALKER TO THE BOARD. THEY WILL FILL THE SEAT LEFT VACANT BY THE DEATH OF THE LATE REVEREND ANTHONY SPEARMAN. REVEREND SPEARMAN WAS FOUND DEAD AT HIS GREENSBORO HOME ON JULY 19. A CAUSE OF DEATH HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED. HE WAS 71-YEARS-OLD. FEDERAL PROSECUTORS ARE ASKING A JUDGE BEHIND THE SEARCH WARRANT OF MAR-A-LAGO SEALED. THE PRESIDENT’S MANSION HAS BEEN A SECURITY CONCERN FOR YEARS. IN 2017, HE HOSTED THAT THEN JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER AND AS THEY DISCUSSED WORD OF A NORTH KOREAN MISSILE LAUNCH, GUESTS WERE CLOSE ENOUGH TO TAKE PHOTOS. THEY COULD SEE DOCUMENTS ILLUMINATED BY THE LIGHT OF A CELL PHONE. >> THE FACT HE HAD THESE DOCUMENTS LYING AROUND AND SHARES IT WITH A FOREIGN NATIONAL WHO WAS PREMISED ARE, AND WHO KNOWS WHO ELSE, IS INCREDIBLY SERIOUS. IT SHOWS A GENERAL LACK OF UNDERSTANDING HOW NATIONAL SECURITY WORKS. JACKIE: IN 2019, A CHINESE BUSINESSWOMAN WAS ARRESTED FOR TRESPASSING AT MAR-A-LAGO. THEY LATER FOUND IN HER HOTEL ROOM A DEVICE TO DETECT HIDDEN CAMERAS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN CASH. GREENSBORO POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A CRASH THAT CLOSED SEVERAL LANES OF I-73 DURING THE MORNING RUSH. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AROUND 6:30 THIS MORNING IN THE NORTHBOUND LANES NEAR WENDOVER AVENUE. AT ONE POINT, THE THREE LEFT RESPONDERS GOT ON THE SCENE. NO WORD ON ANY INJURIES. THE CRASH WAS CLEARED IN ABOUT TWO HOURS. THE NORTH CAROLINA SHERIFF’S ASSOCIATION IS OFFERING A $100,000 REWARD FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO THE ARREST AND CONVICTION OF THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR KILLING A WAKE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY. INVESTIGATORS RELEASED THESE PICTURES OF A PICKUP TRUCK CONNECTED TO THE CASE. IT IS A SINGLE-CAB VEHICLE SIMILAR TO A CHEVY COLORADO OR GMC CANYON. OFFICIALS BELIEVE THE PEOPLE INSIDE MAY HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SHOOTING DEATH OF DEPUTY NED BYRD. DEPUTY BYRD WAS FOUND DEAD, SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES ON FRIDAY AFTER RESPONDING TO A CALL ABOUT A SUSPICIOUS CAR. AUTHORITIES SAY THEY’RE TRYING TO LEARN WHY BYRD STOPPED THERE. THE WAKE COUNTY SHERIFF SAYS THE STATE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, FBI, AND BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND EXPLOSIVES ARE ALL LOOKING INTO THIS. DEPUTY BYRD’S FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE NOW SET. A VISITATION WILL BE HELD THURSDAY AND HIS FUNERAL THE D
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Rockingham rape suspect turns himself in

Rockingham County Sheriff's Office has arrested 50-year-old Fredrick Donnell Dalton.

UPDATE: Wanted person Fredrick Donnell Dalton has turned himself in, according to the Rockingham County Sheriff's Office. The 50-year-old was placed in the Rockingham County Detention Center on the charge of 2nd Degree Forcible Rape under a $150,000 secured bond.Watch more of today's headlines from WXII 12 in the clip above. An arrest warrant is on file for Dalton in connection to a second-degree rape investigation.Anyone who sees Dalton or knows of his whereabouts is asked to call the Rockingham County Sheriff's Office at 336-634-3232.Alternatively, the public may also send tips to the Rockingham County Crime Stoppers at 336-349-9683.Second-degree rape is classified as a Class C felony in North Carolina, which comes with a minimum penalty of 44 months and a maximum of 182 months in prison.

UPDATE: Wanted person Fredrick Donnell Dalton has turned himself in, according to the Rockingham County Sheriff's Office. The 50-year-old was placed in the Rockingham County Detention Center on the charge of 2nd Degree Forcible Rape under a $150,000 secured bond.

Watch more of today's headlines from WXII 12 in the clip above.

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An arrest warrant is on file for Dalton in connection to a second-degree rape investigation.

Anyone who sees Dalton or knows of his whereabouts is asked to call the Rockingham County Sheriff's Office at 336-634-3232.

Alternatively, the public may also send tips to the Rockingham County Crime Stoppers at 336-349-9683.

Second-degree rape is classified as a Class C felony in North Carolina, which comes with a minimum penalty of 44 months and a maximum of 182 months in prison.