Brunswick County high school student charged with rape

LELAND, NC (WWAY)– Detectives with the Leland Police Department arrested a North Brunswick High School student at school and charged him with rape.

Leland Police spokesman Lt. Jeremy Humphries says James Matthew Cain, Jr., 18, is charged with 2nd degree forcible rape.

Humphries says detectives began investigating after the rape was reported on Monday. Once the magistrate issued a warrant for Cain, detectives arrested the teen at North Brunswick High School on Tuesday.

Cain was given a $100,000 bond and has since bonded out of jail.