July 22, 2013
(Anderson, SC). Anthony Roy Clark pled guilty today in Anderson General Sessions Court to two counts of Assault & Battery 1st Degree and 1 count of Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor. The Honorable Alex Macaulay sentenced Clark to 10 years on each Assault & Battery, 1st degree charge to be served consecutively and to 3 years suspended to 5 years’ probation on the Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor charge. Clark will also be required to register as a sex offender.
In May of 2012, law enforcement received a report of alleged criminal sexual conduct by the defendant which took place in 2010. The incidents occurred while the victim, who was 10 years old at the time, was visiting a relative who was in a relationship with the defendant. The defendant made admissions to law enforcement regarding the incidents.
“Anthony Clark’s actions are among the most despicable an adult can do to a child,” said Solicitor Chrissy Adams. “With a twenty year prison sentence and a lifetime of being registered as a sex offender in front of him, it is our hope that the defendant will never again have the opportunity to be a menace to the children in our community.”