Second victim comes forward, Burlington man faces additional sex offense charges

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Burlington man faces additional sex offense charges after second victim comes forward

Updated: 6:30 PM EDT Apr 19, 2020

A Burlington man faces additional sex offense charges Sunday after a second victim came forward.Dwayne Leon Townsend turned himself in after being identified in an Alamance County Sheriff’s Office Special Victims Unit Case. The case was opened on April 9.Click the video player above for headlines from WXII 12 News. Townsend was first charged with one count of indecent liberties with a child and disseminating obscene material to a minor. He was being held on $20,000 bail.As the investigation continued, the Special Victims Unit identified a second victim who came forward. Townsend was arrested on additional charges on April 17. He is charged with one count of a statutory sex offense by an adult and two counts of indecent liberties with a child.Townsend is being held on $75,000 bail. His first court appearance, if applicable, is set for April 20.

ALAMANCE COUNTY, N.C. —

A Burlington man faces additional sex offense charges Sunday after a second victim came forward.

Dwayne Leon Townsend turned himself in after being identified in an Alamance County Sheriff’s Office Special Victims Unit Case. The case was opened on April 9.

Click the video player above for headlines from WXII 12 News.

Townsend was first charged with one count of indecent liberties with a child and disseminating obscene material to a minor. He was being held on $20,000 bail.

As the investigation continued, the Special Victims Unit identified a second victim who came forward.

Townsend was arrested on additional charges on April 17. He is charged with one count of a statutory sex offense by an adult and two counts of indecent liberties with a child.

Townsend is being held on $75,000 bail. His first court appearance, if applicable, is set for April 20.