A 26-year-old Dorchester County man is behind bars after deputies say an investigation into the alleged sexual assault of a minor led to his arrest on multiple felony charges. Geovanni Vargas Herrera was taken into custody and booked following the probe, which was led by the sheriff's office's dedicated investigative unit.
According to counton2.com, Herrera was arrested by Dorchester County Sheriff's deputies after an investigation into an alleged sexual assault of a minor. The outlet reports the case was carried out by the agency's Criminal Investigations Division, which opened its inquiry after officials received a report involving the alleged sexual assault of a minor in Dorchester County, South Carolina. As reported by WCIV, investigators received the report before detectives began gathering evidence related to the allegations.
Charges Filed Against Herrera
Herrera was charged with Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor, First Degree, and Incest, per the same account from counton2.com. He was taken to a local detention center following the arrest. WCIV reports that, per online jail records, Herrera was booked on October 23 at the L.C. Knight Detention Center in Dorchester County.
The Dorchester County Sheriff's Office announced the arrest, according to WCIV's reporting, with the sheriff's office's Criminal Investigations Division credited with investigating the case. Details about the specific allegations, the relationship underlying the incest charge, and the identity of the alleged victim have not been disclosed in available reporting.
A Separate Case Earlier This Year
Herrera's arrest comes months after another Dorchester County case involving similar charges. In March, the Dorchester County Sheriff's Office arrested David Leon Carn, 41, of St. George, after he allegedly sexually assaulted a minor, according to live5news.com. Carn was charged with one count of first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor, and that arrest was also described as the result of a thorough, ongoing investigation by the sheriff's office's Criminal Investigations Division, per the outlet's report.
No additional information about bond, a court date, or an attorney for Herrera has been made public in the reporting reviewed for this story. Under South Carolina law, criminal sexual conduct with a minor and incest are both felony offenses outlined in the state's criminal code, as detailed by the South Carolina Code of Laws.
