Westminster Man arrested on Additional Charges involving Minors

While out on bond, a Westminster man who was arrested last year on multiple lewd act charges involving a child was arrested Tuesday on additional charges involving a minor that resulted from the initial investigation. 75-year-old Harold Fincannon, who address on warrants is listed as 123 Eastwood Circle, was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center after being arrested in the Myrtle Beach area and then transported back to Oconee County. On August 2, 2013, Fincannon was arrested on four counts of a lewd act upon a child. The warrants in the initial case charge Fincannon with inappropriately touching a minor female on occasions between August 2, 1999 and August 1, 2003. Those charges involved only one victim and occurred when the victim was between the ages of four and eight years old and occurred at the Eastwood Circle address. The total surety bond amount on those four charges was $100,000. During the course of the initial investigation, new allegations by a second victim against Fincannon became known. As the course of that investigation continued, Fincannon was charged with one count of criminal sexual conduct with a minor in the first degree and one count of lewd act upon a child. The warrants in that case alleges that inappropriately touched the victim on occasions between January 17, 1980 and January 17, 1981 when the victim was between the ages of seven and eight years old. Those charges involve only one victim and occurred at an address on Fincannon Road. The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office in continuing their investigation.