Rhodes had been placed in the state sex offender registry after he was convicted in September 2004 in Wake County of first-degree rape of a child. The victim was 12. Rhodes was 16 at the time.
Sheriff's deputies have accused a registered sex offender of using a social-networking Internet site to meet an 18-year-old woman and then kidnapping, raping and extorting cash from her, according to court records made public Tuesday.
Ronald Stacey Rhodes, 22, of 1300 Farm Road, Lot 3 in Raleigh, was arrested Sunday by the Wake County Sheriff's Office and was being held at the Wake County jail in lieu of $500,000 bail, authorities reported.
The woman told investigators that she met Rhodes during the week of the Super Bowl on Facebook.com, according to a search warrant application.
She said she spent time with Rhodes every day for a week, including a day-trip to Virginia, according to the court affidavit.
On Feb. 13, the woman told sheriff's deputies that she went to Rhodes' home for dinner. After dinner, Rhodes asked her to his bedroom to show her his N.C. State University memorabilia. Rhodes began to grope her and forcefully kissed her, the woman said.
When she told him to stop, he threatened to have her "erased," according to the affidavit, which she understood to mean disappear or perhaps be killed. She said he photographed her naked and raped her, before allowing her to leave, according to the affidavit.
The woman said Rhodes has since used the photographs to blackmail her into having sex with him and give him $160. She finally went to police.
Rhodes had been placed in the state sex offender registry after he was convicted in September 2004 in Wake County of first-degree rape of a child. The victim was 12. Rhodes was 16 at the time. He is not considered a predator, state records show.
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