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N.C. Dealer Hit With Third Sex Charge in Two Months

Elizabeth Trinder

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April 6, 2015

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RALEIGH, N.C. — A used-car dealer was arrested Wednesday after he allegedly traded repairs on a Dodge Magnum for a sexual act. It was the third time in two months that he is facing charges related to his interactions with customers, The News & Observer reports.

Thomas Jefferson Lynn, 63, is also facing charges stemming from incidents in 2010 and 2013. The charges related to the 2010 incident were second-degree rape, first-degree kidnapping and second-degree sexual offense. The dealer was also charged with sexual battery involving rubbing a woman’s body and filing a false police report after he reported a car stolen that he had sold.

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