| April 28,
2006 |
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| Convicted Sex Offender Arrested for Rape |
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A convicted
Catawba County sex offender was arrested in Burke County yesterday, and charged
with the second degree rape of a woman who reportedly lives in the same
apartment complex.
Catawba County has pending charges on Paul Edward
Ikard (left), 35, of 3309 Clarence Towery Circle
Apt. 3, Hildebran for failing to notify his change of address, according to
Burke County CID Lieutenant Becky Brendle. |
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| According to the North Carolina Department of
Corrections, Ikard was convicted in Catawba County for taking indecent
liberties with a child, and was sent to prison in May, 2004. He was released in
March, 2005 after serving less than ten months of a twenty-one month
sentence. |
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| Brendle said the Burke County Sheriff's Office
received the alleged rape report on Wednesday afternoon. The unidentified woman
provided investigators with the suspect's name and a physical description.
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| Detectives set up surveillance on the apartment
Ikard was believed to be living in., and arrested him last night around 6:30
without incident, Brendle stated. |
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| Sexual offenders are required to notify
authorities of any change of address within ten days, according to Sheriff John
T. McDevitt. Ikard's whereabouts on the
North Carolina Sex Offender Registry is listed as
"unknown." |
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| "We will not hesitate to charge a Burke County
convicted sex offender who fails to register, or report a change of address to
us," McDevitt said. "The public deserves to know where they are
living." |
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| Ikard was jailed at the Burke Catawba District
Confinement Facility under a $50,000 secured bond and will have a first court
appearance today. |
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