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Published: 2012-12-05 09:02:00
Updated: 2012-12-05 09:06:03

Posted: December 5, 2012

Registered sex offender faces 22 new charges in abuse case

Manuel Ferrer
Manuel Ferrer
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Fayetteville, N.C. — Cumberland County sheriff’s detectives have charged a registered sex offender accused of abusing a child for nearly a decade.

Manuel Ferrer, 58, of 3298 Reno Drive, Fayetteville, was arrested Tuesday after a monthlong investigation. He faces 22 felony charges, including first-degree rape of a child, first-degree statutory rape, sex offense in a parental role, crimes against nature and indecent liberties with a minor.

The victim told investigators that Ferrer had inappropriate contact with her from 2003 until February 2012. The behavior happened at his home, she said.

Ferrer was held on $1.4 million bond. He is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday.

According to the North Carolina Sex Offender Registry, Ferrer was convicted in another state in 1995 and listed on the registry since 2005. His victim was 18 or older.

 

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OMG!!! That's alot of charges! But if he did it, then he's gotta do the time!!!! No if, ands, or buts about it!
RaisinCake
December 7, 2012 12:32 p.m.
WHY!!!!!!
jswaine2
December 5, 2012 4:25 p.m.
Our world is so messed up. As long as we have such lax people in government that feels like anything goes, it will get worse and worse. There is no accounting for things that are so wrong these days. It is all out in the open. Men with men, women with women all over the media. Just Turn your TV on and it's right in front of you and if that's not enough, you go to the computer. Then grab the first person you think you can get by with something with.

Yes, I am Christian and I don't watch these shows or use the internet for such purpose but I know it's there. I believe a fetus is a life and marriage should be between a man and a woman. I just pray that some day things will be better. I also pray for these children that are being abused.

I just read about the other guy in Fayetteville that is being extradited to Fla. is just under a 250k bond. I doubt he will be incarcerated very long. He will be out ruining another child's life. Wilderness prisons are what we need.
jet9192
December 5, 2012 4:14 p.m.
Trust me I know that Australia was founded on a similar concept....but I am talking about in the middle of the ocean not connected to another Continent. workinghuman33"

I do not quite know how to break this to you but Australia is known as, "The Island Continent" because it is an island and is not connected to any other continent.
Click to view my profile piene2
December 5, 2012 3:50 p.m.
Glass Half Full wrote: "I think it is because some abusers hold respectable places of honor and respect in society that are laws on this type of abuse are as lax as they are. When we learn to ignore who they think they are and treat them like who they really are, then we might get somewhere. I also agree with putting them all on an island somewhere and leaving them to fend for themselves among others like them."

Well said. Organization such as the Boy Scouts, long held in such high esteem, are now being shown to be harbors for pedophiles. The coverups that have been revealed are sickening, and there sheer number of young victims that they failed are devastating.

Pedophiles don't need a second chance, and neither do the people who choose to protect them instead of the child.
Killian
December 5, 2012 3:00 p.m.
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