Man wanted for rape captured in county

A man wanted in three states for charges that include the rape and robbery of a pregnant Tennessee woman was arrested in Shelby County last Wednesday, following a two-hour foot pursuit involving local and state authorities.Charles Ray Bailey, 39, is being held in the Shelby County Sheriff's jail after being captured by officers with the U.S. Marshal's Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force; Birmingham, Vincent and Hoover police officers; and Shelby and Jefferson County sheriff's deputies.Bailey, who was captured in Inverness along Highway 280, is wanted in Tennessee for the Aug. 11 rape and robbery. Officials said Bailey allegedly posed as a homebuyer and went to the woman's home on multiple occasions. On one of those occasions, he allegedly raped her and stole her purse, cell phone and car.

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