Police arrested an N.C. State student

on charges of statutory rape

and sexual offense Tuesday, according

to the Raleigh Police Department.

Sharka Anthony Holmes, a

22-year-old senior in agricultural

business management, was taken

into custody from his apartment

in Wolf Village Way and charged

with two counts of statutory rape

and two counts of sexual offense,

said Jim Sughrue, director of public

affairs for the Raleigh Police Department.

Police arrested Holmes after receiving

a tip from an unnamed adult

who reported Holmes had allegedly

raped two girls, one of whom is 13

years old and the other is 14 years

old, according to Sughrue.

Sughrue said both offenses allegedly

occurred last month in Raleigh.

According to Sughrue, Holmes,

who was working as a pizza delivery

person, met his victims during the

course of his deliveries.

This arrest comes about a month

af ter Campus Police arrested

Holmes on charges of assaulting a

female and damaging public property,

according to arrest reports.

Kris Rawls, a senior in biomedical

engineering, lived with Holmes

last year and said he seemed like a

normal guy and had a girlfriend at

the time.

“I was surprised when I found out

about the arrest,” Rawls said. “It’s

not something that I expected from

him.”

Sughrue said Holmes is being held

on a $2 million bond.

Holmes was living at 115F 3750

Wolf Village Way at the time of the

arrest. He is currently being held at

the Public Safety Center in downtown

Raleigh.