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Hickory Man Charged With Forcible Rape
The Catawba County Sheriff’s Office arrested 42-year old Jose Luis Garcia of Hickory on Friday morning and charged him with second-degree forcible rape and comitting a sex-act as a parent or custodian. He is being held in the Catawba County Detention Center with a secured bond of $100,000. Garcia is scheduled to appear before a judge in an initial court proceeding today in Newton.