GOLDSBORO, N.C. - A Pikeville man is accused of sexual assault on a 12-year-old child.
42-year-old Joshua Daniel Pelt is charged with First Degree Rape of a Child/ Indecent Liberties with a Child in the alleged incident.
The Wayne County Sheriff's Office says that Pelt, who was aware of the warrants for his arrest, moved to a different location in an attempt to elude law inforcement. They say he was planning to flee to another state. Deputies eventually caught up with him at a residence on Gurley Dairy Road, where they found him hiding in a bedroom.
Pelt was placed under a $510,000 secured bond.
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