Wayne Kent
NEW LONDON, N.C. – A 77-year-old Stanly County man is charged with nine counts of child sex offenses regarding an alleged incident involving a victim under the age of 13.
On December 21, investigators with the Stanly County Sheriff’s Office took a report regarding the sexual assault of a child under the age of 13. A suspect, 77-year-old Wayne Arland Kent, was developed through the course of the investigation.
Kent is charged with three counts each of rape of a child, indecent liberties with a child and crime against nature.
He was arrested Saturday and booked in to the Stanly County Detention Center under a $325,000 bond.
Kent’s first district court date is set for February 2.
