North Carolina Sanctuary County Releases Honduran Charged With Rape, Child Sex Offenses

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent detains an illegal immigrant in a file photograph. John Moore/Getty Images

Nine months after new Sheriff Garry McFadden implemented sanctuary policies in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, his jail released a previously deported Honduran man who was charged with rape and child sex offenses.

Oscar Pacheco-Leonardo, 33, was arrested on June 14 by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department for first-degree rape and two counts of indecent liberties with a child.