A man and woman are arrested for accusations that they assaulted someone with a disability, the Wake County Sheriff’s Office said.

James Stephenson, 62, is charged with interfering with emergency communication, assault inflicting serious injury, assault on a female, misdemeanor crime of domestic violence and felony assault on an individual with a disability.

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Rene Howard, 54, is charged with assault, inflicting serious injury and felony assault on an individual with a disability.

Sheriff’s deputies arrested Stephenson and Howard on Wednesday.

Deputies responded on Thursday, May 21, to a report of an assault on a woman with disabilities on Fanny Brown Road near Alderman Circle near Raleigh, according to the sheriff’s office.

The investigation is ongoing.