RALEIGH (WTVD) -- The Raleigh Police Department has charged a Lee County Sheriff's Office detention employee with sexually assaulting a female prisoner while bringing her to Raleigh.
The alleged incident happened September 15 within the Raleigh city limits.
The woman reported the assault to authorities in Raleigh after she arrived.
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Both the Raleigh Police Department and the Lee County Sheriff's Office investigated.
David Adams Jr. 55, is charged with one count of second-degree sex offense and one count of a sex offense in violation of a state statute - which applies to offenses committed by a person having custody of a victim.
Adams was arrested in Sanford on Saturday and taken to the Wake County Detention Center.
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