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Man arrested on child rape charges

By Joe DePriest
jdepriest@charlotteobserver.com

A Denver man has been arrested on several charges involving sex with a child, authorities reported Thursday.

Michael Dorsey Needham, 34, was charged with one count of first-degree rape of a child; one count of first-degree sex offense with a child; one count of second-degree sex offense with a child and one count of taking indecent liberties with a child, according to the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office.

He was being held in the Harven A. Crouse Detention Center under a $100,000 secured bond.

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