Police: Baby-sitting couple tie up, rape NC mother

LILLINGTON, N.C. -- A baby-sitting couple in North Carolina has been charged with sexually assaulting the mother of the children they were watching. The Fayetteville Observer reported Wednesday that police said the couple tied up and raped the 21-year-old woman when she came to pick up her children at their home about 30 miles south of Raleigh. Forty-two-year-old Anthony James Langley and 22-year-old Loretta Lynn Smith were arrested last week and charged with first-degree kidnapping, first-degree rape, first-degree sex offense and felony conspiracy. Police say Langley raped the victim while Smith helped restrain her. Langley and Smith's attorneys would not talk about the charges. Police said it didn't appear the children were physically assaulted. Langley and Smith are in jail with a bail set at $250,000 each. (Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)