A Florence man has been sentenced to 25 years in jail for molesting a 1-year-old boy, 12th Circuit Solicitor Ed Clements III said.
Lorenzo Dominic Sellers, 23, of 407 Dixie St. was arrested May 16, 2008, and charged with criminal sexual conduct with a minor younger than 11, Florence County Detention Center booking reports show.
Florence police said the abuse happened when a mother left her child in the suspect’s care. When the mother saw the toddler again, she noticed the toddler had several injuries to the face and body. Staff at a local hospital later discovered injuries to the child’s rectum.
Clements said a jury convicted Sellers of both criminal sexual conduct with a minor and unlawful conduct toward a child.
Twelfth Circuit Court Judge Ralph King Anderson Jr. sentenced Sellers to 25 years for the criminal sexual conduct charge and five years for the charge of unlawful conduct toward a child. The sentences will run concurrently.
Patricia Singleton Parr prosecuted the case for the solicitor’s office and Richard Strobel served as Sellers’ defense attorney.
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