Private Police Chief Charged With Rape www.privateofficer.com

Private Police Chief Charged With Rape http://www.privateofficer.com

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC OCT 29 2008

By: Bryan Hill
NTL. ASSOC. PRIVATE OFFICERS
www.privateofficer.com The owner of a local private police force is facing charges for statutory rape.
44-year-old Joseph Guarascio was arrested after local police received a complaint and later charged him with statutory rape.
Guarascio made his first appearance in District Court Tuesday from inside the county jail.
Guarascio faces five charges including taking indecent liberties with a 14-year-old child and statutory rape.
The witness to the charges is a 17-year-old girl whose grandfather had tried to place a restraining order against Guarascio for his contact with her.
Prosecutors asked the judge to increase Guarascio’s bond because they fear he may flee and the sitting judge agreed and raised the bond from $150,000 to $500,000..
Guarascio founded Inter-Pol Special Police services, a private security force operating out of Wilmington.
Guarascio was chief of the agency, but stepped down earlier this year after he was convicted on charges of forgery and impersonating an officer.
Guarascio is appealing that conviction.

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