By Jason Evans

Staff Reporter

jevans@thepccourier.com

LIBERTY — Pickens County has a high number of child sexual abuse cases, according to 13th Judicial Circuit assistant solicitor Brandi Hinton.

Hinton spoke at Monday’s Pickens United meeting in Liberty.

When Hinton began working in the 13th Judicial Circuit around eight years ago, Pickens County had one of the highest levels of child sexual abuse cases in the state per capita, she said.

The circuit, which includes both Pickens and Greenville

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