Oconee County Sheriff’s Office Arrests Seneca Man on Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor Charges

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Seneca man Wednesday on three total counts of Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor in a case involving three separate victims.

31 year old Mitchell Ray Blackwell was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 2:30 pm Wednesday on a Temporary Custody Order until arrest warrants were obtained today. At this time, Blackwell remains in custody at the Oconee County Detention Center as he was denied bond. He will appear before a Circuit Court Judge at a later time regarding bond.

A deputy from the Uniform Patrol Division responded to the Westminster Police Department during the late afternoon hours of May 27th of this year and spoke with two of the victims in regards to reports of sexual assaults that occurred in 2010. In the late afternoon hours of May 30th of this year, a deputy from the Uniform Patrol Division spoke with the third victim at the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office concerning reports of a sexual assault that occurred in 2012. The incidents were first reported to the Sheriff’s Office on those dates.

The investigation was turned over to the Child/Elder Abuse investigator. Based upon evidence that was gathered during the investigation, the investigator obtained arrest warrants against Blackwell charging him with two counts of Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor – 1st Degree and one count of Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor – 2nd Degree.

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is continuing its investigation.

Submitted by Master Deputy Jimmy Watt, OCSO PIO