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North Carolina teacher charged in sex with student

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Three people have been indicted by a grand jury in Cherokee County, North Carolina, in separate cases charging them with child sex offenses.

A convicted child sex offender was arrested on new charges after the grand jury met June 4, according to a news release from the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office, North Carolina.

Ricardo Gamez Dockery, 37, is under a $560,000 bond on a single charge of statutory sexual offense with a child and three counts of indecent liberties with a child, according to the news release.

The sheriff’s office received a report in April about a suspected child sexual assault and an investigation began, the release states. The Child Advocacy Center and state social services investigators helped gather information in the case.

Dockery is a registered sex offender, with a prior conviction on four counts of indecent liberties with a minor dating from 2008, according to the release.