**Breaking News** Former Taylorsville Police Officer Charged With Rape

A former Taylorsville Police Officer has been arrested on rape charges in Iredell County.

51-year old Scott Wesley Bath of Statesville was arrested on Thursday by Statesville Police. Bath is charged with first-degree forcible rape, first-degree sex offense, assault by strangulation, false imprisonment, assault inflicting serious injury, assault with a deadly weapon, assault on a female, and communicating threats.

Bath was a local officer for around 10 years and left the Taylorsville Police Department in 2015 .

He is being held in the Rowan County Detention Center without bond.

Photo: Rowan County Detention Center