On January 14, 2021, the Lenoir County Sheriff's Office began an investigation of sexual crimes against a juvenile.

As this case is a sexual assault and involved a juvenile, details of the investigation will not be released.

LCSO detectives conducted the investigation and obtained evidence to prove the allegations.

On Wednesday, May 12, 2021, warrants were served on Jamaal Mills for first-degree forcible rape, statutory rape of child by adult, sex act by custodian and Indecent liberties with child.

Mills was given a $400,000 secured bond and is confined in the Lenoir County Jail.