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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A Charlotte man is in jail after police said he tried to rape an 86-year-old woman, WSOC reported.

Police arrested Kenneth Sumpter Jr. on Friday afternoon on charges of attempted rape, attempted sex offense and attempted kidnapping.

WSOC spoke with the victim, who said she mistook Sumpter for a neighbor’s grandson when he knocked on her door Thursday afternoon in the Sedgefield neighborhood.

Source: WSOC/Kathryn Burcham