$2M bond given to man accused of sexually assaulting 14-year-old girl

IREDELL COUNTY, N.C. — A 34-year-old Statesville man is in jail under a $2 million bond after he was accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl for months.

Jason Shoemaker is charged with felony statutory rape of a child less than 15 years of age and felony statutory sex offense with a child under 15 years of age.

A report on the sexual assaults was filed with the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office in January 2018. The 14-year-old accuser told deputies that the assaults occurred between August 2017 and January 2018 at various houses where Shoemaker lived during that time.

Shoemaker was arrested on Wednesday.

Channel 9 is asking how Shoemaker and the accuser knew each other.

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