@newcreationsnc: In Sanford, Barney Bunnell and Brandon Carter are charged with child sex crimes, including secret peeping at a Sanford Walmart, after an SBI investigation with the Lee County Sheriff's Office and Sanford police. CONFIRMED: Agents with the N.C. State Bureau of Investigation, along with the Lee County Sheriff's Office and the Sanford Police Department, arrested two men on child sex crime charges. Both are in the Lee County Detention Center without bond and are expected in court Thursday, Oct. 29. POLICE SAY / ALLEGED: Barney Bunnell, 75, is charged with felony statutory sex abuse and three felony counts of first-degree sexual exploitation of a minor; court documents accuse him of a sex act with a child and producing sexual videos in 2018. Brandon Mitchell Carter, 36, is charged with felony indecent liberties with a minor and secret peeping; court documents accuse him of secretly looking into a room with a child inside at a Sanford Walmart. Charges are allegations; both are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court. STILL UNKNOWN: Officials have not said whether the two cases are connected, and no further details about the investigation have been released. Source: N.C. State Bureau of Investigation (via WRAL) Tips: Report suspected child abuse or exploitation to local law enforcement or the SBI. Voice: Pocket TTS (Kyutai) Triangle Local (@newcreationsnc) For more detailed story, follow trianglelocalnc.com #TriangleLocal #SanfordNC #LeeCounty #NCNews #CrimeNews

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Thursday 29 October 2026 08:42:26 GMT