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Fort Bragg Army Sergeant Charged With Statutory Rape in NC

Kenney Son Duran surrendered Friday on charges of statutory rape, statutory sex offense and taking indecent liberties, according to reports.

Credit: CCBI

HOLLY SPRINGS, North Carolina — A U.S. Army sergeant stationed at North Carolina's Fort Bragg has been charged with child sex counts involving a girl under 15.

News outlets report that Sgt. 1st Class Kenney Son Duran surrendered Friday on charges of statutory rape, statutory sex offense and taking indecent liberties. According to a Holly Springs arrest warrant, the offenses happened between June 1 and Oct. 1.

US Army Reserve Soldier Accused of Sex Trafficking Young Women

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) -- A Charlotte man, and U.S. Army reserve soldier, is accused of sex trafficking young women, including one minor girl. 28-year-old Xaver Boston was arrested and charged with six counts of sex trafficking, one count of inducing a person to travel in interstate commerce for purposes of prostitution, and two counts of using an interstate facility to promote a prostitution enterprise.

The 35-year-old's attorney, A. Patrick Roberts, asked that his bail be set at $250,000, but a magistrate chose the usual $1 million bail associated with those charges.

Roberts' request said that Duran has been in the Army for 16 years and deployed overseas 11 times. The request also said Duran is married with four children.

An Army spokesman says Duran is assigned to Fort Bragg's Special Operations Command.