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FAYETTEVILLE -- A 33-year-old man is free on bond after being accused of having sex with a neighbor's dog.
The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office says Ray Lynn Mitcham Jr., who lives in the town of Linden, was arrested Monday and charged with a felony crime against nature. Authorities say the alleged incident happened Jan. 2.
The sheriff's office says the complaint was filed by the dog's owner, who is also Mitcham's landlord. She told deputies she went to Mitcham's resident early on the morning of Jan. 2 to speak with him. When she opened the door of his mobile home, she said, she witnessed the act.
Debbie Tanna, a spokeswoman for the sheriff's office, told WRAL of Raleigh that the dog, a mixed-breed female, was taken to the veterinarian, who recovered a DNA sample. The sheriff's office said it determined Monday that the DNA matched Mitcham's.
He appeared in court Monday morning and was released on $5,000 bond.
