ALBEMARLE — A former Norwood police chief was arrested on April 5 and charged with second-degree forcible rape involving a 16-year-old, according to court records.
William Chad Green, 51, of Oakboro, is accused of engaging in intercourse with the teenager on or around April 4, according to an arrest warrant issued on April 5.
The warrant alleges the act was “by force and against the person’s will, or with someone who is mentally incapacitated or physically helpless” and that “the defendant knew or should have known that the victim was mentally incapacitated or physically helpless.”
Green was taken into custody the same day the warrant was issued and booked into the Stanly County Jail. Records show he was initially held without bond before a judge later set a $500,000 secured bond. As part of his conditions of release, Green has been ordered to have no contact with the alleged victim.
Court documents identify the victim as a 16-year-old girl. Green is scheduled to appear in court on April 13.
The Stanly County Sheriff’s Office has not released additional details about the investigation.
Town officials confirmed Green previously served with the Norwood Police Department from September 2008 to May 2010. He later returned as police chief, serving from August 2014 to June 2015.
Green, who also worked with multiple law enforcement agencies in North Carolina, including the Oakboro Police Department, now faces a felony charge stemming from the alleged assault.
This investigation is ongoing; no further information has been released at this time.