GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) -- A North Carolina state representative is scheduled to appear in court Friday on child sex charges.

Cecil Brockman, a Democrat serving his sixth term in the N.C. House of Representatives, was arrested by the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigations (SBI) and booked into the Guilford County Detention Center in High Point.

He faces charges of taking indecent liberties with a child and statutory rape of a minor under the age of 15. Brockman represents Guilford County in the legislature.

ABC11 called Brockman's office for comment on the charges. A staff member said there is no comment prepared that he could share.

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