Sex crime alleged near Seneca

Oconee sheriff’s officers arrested a 28-year old Seneca man, Christopher Trent Wilder of Utica Street, on the charge of criminal sexual conduct first degree. An arrest affidavit, signed by Sgt. Kevin Cain, alleges that, in addition to being the victim of a sex crime, the female was the victim of aggravating force as the accused held a five-pound sledgehammer over her head and threatened to kill her with a multi-blade knife. The incident is alleged to have occurred last weekend on Goddard Avenue.