Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008
By Marcie Young
Charlotte Observer Staff Writer
HICKORY A Hickory man charged with several felonies, including a rape from three weeks ago, made his first appearance in court Tuesday.
Hickory police charged Floyd Lee Bonds, 43, Monday night with first-degree rape, first-degree attempted burglary, kidnapping and assault inflicting serious injury, said Capt. Thurman Whisnant.
Bonds was charged in connection with a Feb. 2 rape at a northwest Hickory home. Police said a man pried open the side door of the house and sexually assaulted a woman who was there alone.
Authorities spoke to Bonds and several other people of interest in the days following the assault, Whisnant said, but did not file charges until Monday evening when the State Bureau of Investigation returned evidence linking him to the crimes.
Police have no indication that the woman knew the man who assaulted her, Whisnant said, and cases of rape by a stranger are rare in Hickory.
Bonds was being held Tuesday at the Catawba County jail on a $250,000 secured bond.
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