Man wanted for rape at Cary senior community surrenders to police

Antwain Lamar Dennis, 35, who was wanted on charges of first-degree burglary, first-degree forcible rape and first-degree kidnapping in connection with the incident, surrendered to the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office at about 2:45 p.m., authorities said.

Police were called to the Woodland Terrace senior living community on Kildaire Woods Drive around midnight Friday night on a report that a woman had been raped.

Dennis entered a main building at Woodland Terrace on Saturday before gaining access to the woman's apartment, said Randall Rhyne, captain of the Cary Police Department.

The woman was released from the hospital Monday.

Family members said Dennis recently served time in federal prison on gun charges and was admitted into a mental health program in Butner after his release. They said they pleaded with administrators not to let him out, but Dennis was released a few weeks ago.

Dennis' aunt on Tuesday night said that she is relieved he surrendered peacefully, but she is still concerned and wants him to get the mental help his family thinks he needs.

It was unclear how long Dennis was in the mental health program in Butner or how intense the program was.

Authorities said Dennis was being held at the Cumberland County Detention Center under $750,000 bond, but did not know if he would be sent back to Wake County.

If convicted, the charges will add to a list of other crimes Dennis has been charged with over the past two decades, including trespassing, carrying a concealed weapon and felony breaking and entering.