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A Knightdale man arrested Monday on a charge of rape previously stopped coming to court in a Wake County sexual battery case, court records show.
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Fred Samson Onyango Nafukho, 30, is charged with second-degree forcible rape, according to arrest records. The incident happened Saturday, and Knightdale police charged Nafukho the next day, court documents indicate.
Details on the accusation remained scant Tuesday morning, but court records indicate Nafukho was also served with an arrest warrant for failing to appear in court four years ago.
Nafukho was charged with sexual battery, assault on a female and a misdemeanor probation violation in March 2021 after an incident the previous month in Raleigh, court records show. He apparently stopped showing up to court, missing court dates in December 2021 and February 2022, according to court records.
Nafukho’s attorney withdrew from the case in March 2025 after not receiving payment, court documents show. All three charges against Nafukho were dismissed with leave by the Wake County District Attorney’s Office in June 2022.
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A dismissal with leave can happen when defendants don’t appear in court or haven’t completed a deferred prosecution, according to the UNC School of Government. The prosecutor can choose to reactivate the charges at a later date; it’s not yet clear what will happen in Nafukho’s case.
Further details in the 2021 case were not immediately available Tuesday; the case predates North Carolina’s online court records system, and the associated files don’t appear to have been retroactively uploaded, a search by The News & Observer found.
Nafukho is being held without bail until his first appearance in court Tuesday afternoon.
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