PRESS RELEASE
December 11, 2019

FCSO MAKES ARREST IN SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE


SUBJECT: Phillip Andrew Parrott, age 64, of 228 Chandler Mill Road, Lake City, SC 29560 was arrested by Investigators with the Florence County Sheriff’s Office and charged with Criminal Sexual Conduct(first degree)(victim under the age of 11 years)(S.C. Code Ann. 16-03-655(A)(1)), Incest (S.C. Code Ann. 16-15-20) and Buggery (S.C. Code Ann. 16-15-120). See FCSO Booking Website for additional details.

NARRATIVE: Investigators with the Florence County Sheriff’s Office have arrested a Lake City man and charged him with Criminal Sexual Conduct (first degree), Incest and Buggery. According to Investigators, between the dates of June 1, 2019 through December 1, 2019, Phillip Andrew Parrott is alleged to have engaged in sexual battery with a minor to whom he was related.

Parrott is being held at the Florence County Detention Center. At a bond hearing earlier today a Florence County Magistrate denied Parrott a bond.

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Major Michael M. Nunn
General Counsel/P.I.O.