FRANKLIN, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - The Franklin Police Department reported investigating a sex crime involving a child.

Officers said Roberto De La Cruz Mendez, 42, has been charged with the following:

Indecent liberties with a child (age 9)

Statutory rape of a child by an adult (age 7)

The police department reported arriving at a residence on Thursday and said an initial investigation led to Mendez’s arrest. Police said further investigation resulted in another charge from an incident that happened to the same child in 2023.

Mendez is being held in the Macon County Detention Center with no bond and a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer, according to police.

The police department thanked KIDS Place Child Advocacy Center for its help in the investigation.

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