NC man accused of beating, breaking bones of handicapped man

DUDLEY, N.C. (WNCN) — A Wayne County man is under arrest after authorities say he went to the home of a handicapped man and then beat and attacked him, causing broken bones and other injuries.

According to the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to an assault on March 24 at 130 Dell Drive, Apartment B, where they learned that the victim had been attacked inside his home.

The injured man was taken to the hospital and treated for an orbital fracture of the left eye socket and a vertebrae injury in his neck, the sheriff’s office said.

The victim told deputies that Carlos Lee Williams, 46, of 100 Rollingwood Drive in Dudley, came to his home and then attacked him.

Authorities said that the investigation revealed that Williams went to the victim’s home and beat the man about the face and body. The suspect and victim were familiar with each other.

Williams was charged with assault on a handicapped person and assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury. He is being held in the Wayne County Jail under a $30,000 bond.