COLUMBIA – The Fairfield Central High School band director, Timothy R. Bryant, 28, has been arrested and charged with 3463-Sex / Sexual battery with a student 16 or 17 years of age, no aggravated force or coercion.
The Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office contacted the Richland County Sheriff’s Department Special Victims Unit on Friday, April 25, regarding a sexual battery that had occurred in Richland County, according to the incident report.
A Fairfield County Sheriff’s office investigator stated that the suspect had been having sexual relations with the victim, a student, off Broad River Road in Richland County.
During the Fairfield County Sheriff’s office investigation, the suspect admitted this to deputies on body camera, the report stated.
In response to the arrest and charges, Fairfield County School District Superintendent Dr. Tony Hemingway had this to say: “I want the parents in the community to know that our job as educators is to commit to student safety and learning.
“Once we learned of this, we acted swiftly to investigate and report it to authorities. And we will continue to honor that commitment to student safety and learning,” Hemingway stated.
This incident is under investigation by the Richland County Sheriff’s Department. More information will be posted as it becomes available.
