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Authorities Drop Charges Against Man in Two Attacks

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FAYETTEVILLE — Police say they chargedthe wrong man with two attacks onfemales in Cumberland County, and are now concerned theperson they're looking for is still onthe streets.

Archie James Knight, 34, has been clearedin those cases, although he remains ina prison hospital after attemptingsuicide in jail.

The Cumberland County Sheriff's Officesays Knight still faces charges in therape of a convenience store clerk March 2 at The Pantry store on HopeMills Road. He was charged with second-degree rape, second-degree sexoffense and first-degree kidnapping.

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