Hanceville man charged with rape

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Dalton Brown (Cullman County Sheriff’s Office)

HANCEVILLE – Cullman County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) investigators on Monday arrested a Hanceville man on one charge of second-degree rape.

According to a spokesperson for the CCSO, Dalton Myles Brown, 21, was arrested after an investigation determined that he had abused a minor child.

Due to the graphic nature of the crime and the crime involving a minor child, no further details will be released.

Brown has been released on a $15,000 bond.

Alabama Code Title 13A. Criminal Code § 13A-6-62

(a) A person commits the crime of rape in the second degree if:

(1) Being 16 years old or older, he or she engages in sexual intercourse with a member of the opposite sex less than 16 and more than 12 years old;  provided, however, the actor is at least two years older than the member of the opposite sex.

(2) He or she engages in sexual intercourse with a member of the opposite sex who is incapable of consent by reason of being mentally defective.

(b) Rape in the second degree is a Class B felony.

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