WAKE COUNTY, N.C. (WNCN) – A man is facing several charges in connection with sex crimes against a child in southern Wake County, deputies said on Wednesday.

According to the Wake County Sheriff’s Office, deputies received a report on Aug. 12 about an incident stemming from an alleged sexual assault on a juvenile.

Following a thorough investigation and discussion with the Wake County District Attorney’s Office, 56-year-old Antonio Mondragon was arrested on two counts of indecent liberties with a child and one count of soliciting a child by computer, the sheriff’s office said.

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Deputies brought Mondragon into custody on Tuesday and he’s being held in the Wake County Detention Center on a $75,000 bond.

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