Pickens Man sentenced to 12 Years for Lewd Act

A Pickens County man will spend the next 12-years in prison.  Thirteenth Circuit Solicitor Walt Wilkins announces that a judge sentenced Edgar Bartholmen Merrifield to 12 years in prison after being convicted of committing or attempting a lewd act on a child. According to Solicitor Wilkins, evidence presented at trial established that Merrifield on multiple occasions touched a child on his genitals and buttocks. At the time of the offenses, the child was between five and eight years old.