Sex offender arrested at middle school

LELAND, NC (WWAY) — Deputies with the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office have charged a sex offender with being on a middle school campus.

Deputies said Michael Wagner, 46, was dropping of the child of a friend at Leland Middle School when he was arrested. He’s now facing charges of felony sex offender on child premises.

Deputies said Wagner was convicted in 2003 for 2nd degree rape and indecent liberties with a minor stemming from two separate incidents in 2000 and 2002. He was released from the NC Department of Corrections in October of 2014 after serving a sentence for those convictions.

“We are appreciative that resources are in place to monitor the actions of sex offenders in our county,” said Interim Superintendent Les Tubb. “This provides an additional layer of security in our schools. Thanks to the quick work of this deputy, the individual arrested this morning was apprehended in the parking lot of our school and never posed a threat to students or staff.”