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Bond set at $3M for Wendell man charged with child-sex offenses

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RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — A Wendell man has been charged with first-degree statutory rape among two other offenses.

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According to the Wake County Sheriff’s Office, 36-year-old Jorge Raul Delacruz Mejina was arrested at his home Sunday and charged with three felonies which are:

According to the arrest warrant obtained by CBS 17, the victim was under the age of 13.

Delacruz-Mejina is in the Wake County Detention Center under a $3 million bond.

The investigation is ongoing, and there could be more charges filed against Delacruz-Mejina later.