GREENVILLE FIREFIGHTER FIRED AFTER DEPUTIES CHARGE HIM WITH MULTIPLE CHILD SEX CRIMES, OFFICIALS CONFIRM

Josephine Rodriguez ABOUT SEX OFFENDERS AND OTHERS, FIREFIGHTERS, GOOD POLICING CATCHES SEX OFFENDERS AND OTHERS, SEX OFFENDERS AND OTHERS APPREHENDED, SEX OFFENDERS AND OTHERS IN POSITIONS OF TRUST, SEX OFFENDERS AND OTHERS WHO REOFFEND

March 19, 2020
Dal Kalsi
Fox Carolina


GREENVILLE, SC (FOX Carolina) – Deputies with the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office said they have arrested a 44 year-old man for multiple child sex offenses.

Deputies said James Matthew Fortner, II faces the following charges:

  • Four counts of Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor 1st degree
  • Six counts of Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor 2nd degree
  • Three counts of Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor 3rd degree

Deputies said they began investigating on March 15 and found evidence that Fortner committed multiple sex acts, including sexual battery on the victim, during an eight-year time period.

“Investigators executed a search warrant which yielded a variety of electronic devices that corroborated the victim’s story and Fortner was arrested yesterday afternoon following a meeting with investigators at the county square offices,” Lt. Ryan Flood stated in a news release Thursday.

A city spokesperson confirmed Fortner was employed by the City of Greenville Fire Department between August 18, 1997 and March 18, 2020.  He was terminated following his arrest.

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