Sabian Warren

swarren@citizen-times.com

CULLOWHEE – A Western Carolina University student is behind bars on a charge of raping an Appalachian State University student.

Robert William McRainey, 20, was charged Sunday with second-degree rape, Jackson County Sheriff’s Office Maj. Shannon Queen said.

The alleged incident was reported early Saturday at an apartment on Citadel Drive in Cullowhee, Queen said. The alleged victim was a 20-year-old woman who lives in Boone.

The apartment is the home of two friends of the victim and suspect, Queen said.

McRainey, originally from Shallotte, North Carolina, is being held at the Jackson County Detention Center under a $100,000 secured bond.