One year later: Peter Frankâs case moves to Bladen County, lawsuit ongoing
One year later, Peter Frank case moves to Bladen County By Michael Praats | January 27, 2021 at 10:56 AM EST - Updated January 27 at 7:03 PM
His alleged crimes included multiple counts of indecent liberties with children and students â and he was not the first teacher to be accused of sexual assault against students at New Hanover County.
In fact, Frank was the third employee to be arrested for sex crimes against students in a two-year period.
Frank has been accused of sex crimes dating back as far as 1999 and as recent as 2019.
NEW HANOVER COUNTY According to the New Hanover Superior Court, 38-year-old Charles Lee Crews II pled guilty to the sexual assault of a 66‐year‐old woman. Crews was charged with two counts of first-degree rape, first-degree sexual offense, and first-degree burglary.
The assaults took place November 2018 in the victim’s residence at University Place Apartments on MacMillan Ave. The assailant broke in by cutting the screen, opening a window and climbing through before threatening the woman with a knife.
North Carolina Crime Lab conclusively identified Crews as the offender through DNA analysis. He also was charged with breaking and entering into many vehicles and larceny of property within them, for which he pled guilty to as well.