Mooresville Man Charged With Statutory Rape Of A Child

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A man was arrested after he allegedly sexually assaulted his 13-year-old neighbor on July 16th.

Officers with the Mooresville Police Department responded and spoke with the parents of the 13-year-old girl.

Police say they learned that there was possible inappropriate conduct between the victim and an adult neighbor, identified as 27-year-old Erick Guevara.

Erick Mauricio Guevara

Erick Mauricio Guevara

Guevara was interviewed by detectives when he admitted to allowing the victim to come to his residence where he provided the victim with marijuana and then proceeded to have sex with her.

He also stated that he was aware that the victim was underage.

Guevara has been charged with statutory rape of a child under 15 years old and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

Guevara was taken before the magistrate and placed in the Iredell County Detention Center.