Huntersville Man Charged With Rape In Iredell County: Sheriff

IREDELL COUNTY, NC — A 41-year-old Huntersville man was arrested and charged with four counts of felony first-degree rape stemming from recently reported incidents that investigators were told occurred 14 years ago, the Iredell County Sheriff's Office said.

Last month, the sheriff's office received a report of the sexual assaults that occurred throughout the year of 2006 in western Iredell County. A sheriff's office detective interviewed the victim, who identified Martin Cuevas Marquez, 41 and of Huntersville, as the suspect in the case. The victim told investigators the suspect was an acquaintance at the time of the assaults.

An investigator located several witnesses and gathered evidence, which was then used to obtain four felony first degree rape warrants for Marquez. He was also wanted on two outstanding warrants for misdemeanor assault with a deadly weapon in Catawba County, ICSD said.

Marquez was arrested July 6, and transported to the Iredell County Detention Center. His secured bond was set at $1 million on the rape charges. An additional $5,000 secured bond was issued on the charges from Catawba County, the sheriff's office said.