(HAYWOOD COUNTY) – It’s an area child sex case.
Prosecutors tell the media…William Burnette, 71 of Waynesville…has been arrested and charged with five counts statutory rape of someone under 15 years of age. More charges apply in the case, officials add.
Burnette was booked into the Haywood County Detention Center. Bond?…set at two-and-a-half million dollars. Haywood County detectives are on the case, at this hour.