FAIRFIELD COUNTY, SC — A Fairfield County volunteer fireman is in jail charged with sexually assaulting a legally blind fire victim over the weekend. The fireman is also a registered sex offender.
Eight hours after Fairfield County’s community fire department put out a fence fire Saturday, Ralph Marthers delivered the fire report to the victim.
“I laid the report on the table,” said the victim. “He proceeded to put his hand down my shirt and pinched my left breast. I slapped his hand away, then he proceeded to put his hand up my gown, from the bottom and I slapped his hand away again.” Fairfield County Chief Deputy Keith Lewis said Marthers knew the victim.
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