“The child is in a safe environment”

An 11-year old girl has been removed to what the Oconee Sheriff’s Office calls a safe environment and has had no contact with a suspect in a case of criminal sexual conduct.  The Sheriff’s Office this afternoon announced the arrest of a 31-year old man near Seneca.  According to the sheriff’s Office, Branden Leeshea Rogers of West Reedy Fork Road is charged with criminal sexual conduct with a minor second degree and criminal sexual conduct with a minor third degree.  Affidavits in arrest warrants allege the incidents occurred between late 2011 and the fall of 2012.