The Sheriff’s Office made an arrest yesterday in a case that alleges sex with a minor early this year on New Year’s Day. 24-year-old Joshua Shane Melton of 40 Charmin Circle, Gray Court was charged with Criminal Sexual Conduct in the 2nd Degree and with Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor.
Lt. Martin states that on January 1st, 2014 the defendant did engage in sexual battery by having sex with a victim who was between 14 and 16 years old, while he was 24 years old. Lt. Martin further alleges that Joshua Melton knowingly and willfully caused a minor to smoke marijuana. Joshua Shane Melton was being held in the Johnson Detention Center overnight, pending a bond hearing today.