Man Charged With Numerous Sexual Assault Related Charges | Eastern NC Now

On August 16, 2014 at approximately 12:00 p.m., the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office received a report of a sexual assault of a juvenile which occurred at a residence on Mill Road in Chocowinity, NC.

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Derrick Murray
    On August 16, 2014 at approximately 12:00 p.m., the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office received a report of a sexual assault of a juvenile which occurred at a residence on Mill Road in Chocowinity, NC. Deputies responded and learned of an additional sexual assault of a second juvenile by the same suspect. An Investigator responded to the scene, conducted interviews, and gathered evidence.

    As a result of information and evidence gathered during the investigation, Deputies arrested Derrick Antoine Murray, age 43, of Mill Road in Chocowinity and charged him with Indecent Liberties With a Child and three (3) counts of Selling or Delivering a Controlled Substance to a Minor Under 16 Years of Age but More Than 13 Years of Age. Murray was brought before Magistrate David Curtis and released after posting a $20,000.00 secured bond.

    The investigation into the incident continued in conjunction with an on-going investigation into a report alleging sexual assault in April of 2014. On September 5th, Investigator Jonathan Fowler applied for and obtained warrants charging Murray with Statutory Sex Offense of a Person Who Is 13, 14, or 15 Years Old, Sex Offense by Subject In a Parental Role, Disseminating Obscene Material to Minor, Indecent Liberties With a Child, two (2) counts of Solicitation of Prostitution From a Minor, and Misdemeanor Sexual Battery. Murray was arrested on September 10th and held in the Beaufort County Detention Center on a $100,000.00 secured bond issued by Magistrate Donald Sadler.

  • Major Kenneth Watson
  •     Beaufort County Sheriff's Office

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( September 20th, 2014 @ 11:24 am )
 
It matters NOT the race or social class ~~~ any male who molests a female--especially an under ate girl--has deprived her of faith and trust in men from there on out. I is an assault more on the mind than the body which will heal. The mind never will get over it.

Right now, Pitt County has a special grant to investigate and prosecute those involved in "Sex Trafficking." That means people who lure women and girls from foreign countries / house them in remote trailers and apartments / pimp them out to lusting men wanting "young flesh thrills."

They are finding many locations and violations of law. If we are the "religious and conservative" citizens of a true sort, we applaud any molester being brought to justice. On the other hand, if such men did not frequent the hidden holes of Sex Trafficking, it would not exist.

Neither would the female abuse of the Middle East or South America exist. For some crazy reason, men there think women are for their pleasure and should only bear children and keep quiet when hit.

Men can and SHOULD do better, in my view.



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