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Man arrested for attacking jogger on Eden Greenway, police say

Officers were called out just before 5:30 p.m. Wednesday and arrested a suspect accused of attacking a jogger.
Credit: Eden Police Dept.

EDEN, N.C. — Eden police arrested a man accused of attacking a jogger along the Eden Greenway Wednesday night. 

Officers were called out to the Greenway on River Road just before 5:30 pm. and found a female jogger who said she had been attacked while on her run. 

Police took a suspect description from the jogger and then searched the area. 

Officers quickly located the man they believed to be the suspect and arrested 27-year-old Joseph Tyrone Redd III. 

Redd was charged with felony first-degree kidnapping, felony attempted first-degree rape and misdemeanor assault on a female. 

He is being held on a $500,000 bond and is scheduled to be in Rockingham County District Court on February 15.

Credit: Eden Police Dept.

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