James Lee Flanagan of Fayetteville was arrested and charged Monday with first degree sex offense, taking indecent liberties with a child and crimes against nature. All are felony charges.
Investigators say Flanagan forced a three-year-old girl to participate in inappropriate behavior on March 27.
Flanagan was placed in the Cumberland County Detention Center under $75,000 secured bond. He is to appear in the Detention Center courtroom Tuesday.