Former officer pleads to charges of Child Molestation

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Notice on the original news article title, they did not include "Child Molestation"! You know they did that on purpose. The average citizen they would have splashed that on the title.

04/20/2007

BREVARD -- A former Transylvania County deputy, charged with six counts of sexual offenses against a 14-year-old boy, pleaded guilty to all the charges Thursday.

Charles V. McCrary II, 40, of 1597 Crab Creek Road, Penrose, was charged in January after the Sheriff's Office received a complaint about the deputy's sexual misconduct.

Assistant District Attorney Charlie Walker said McCrary will be sentenced Monday, July 23.

"The minimum he can receive is 16 years in prison," Walker said. "He could face as much as 20 years."

After entering his guilty plea, McCrary's bond was revoked and he was placed in the custody of the Sheriff's Department.

Walker said he was unsure where McCrary would be jailed while awaiting his sentencing hearing.
- I hope so, I think he's a flight risk. Leave his a$$ in jail until he's sentenced.

On Jan. 11, the State Bureau of Investigation received a report from Chief Deputy J.E. Gunter of the Sheriff's Office that a 14-year-old told him he had been sexually abused on several occasions by McCrary, according to search warrants.

During the interview with Gunter, the 14-year-old boy told authorities the first instance of sexual abuse happened in the summer of 2005.

In addition to the explicit sexual encounters, the boy told authorities he received several explicit e-mails from McCrary during the past two years.

Prior to his arrest, McCrary had been a school resource officer at Brevard High School.