Updated: 3:49 PM EST February 1, 2021
ORANGEBURG, S.C. A former county council member and South Carolina state trooper has been granted bail again despite facing charges of sexually abusing girls in two counties and federal charges of lying while trying to buy a gun in December.
Ex-Bamberg County Councilman Kerry Trent Kinard remains jailed for now pending a federal hearing.
He faces up to life in prison if convicted of sex abuse in Bamberg County.
Now he s also charged in Jasper County, where a woman says she was 16 when Kinard abused her.
Ex-County Council member faces more sex abuse charges
February 1, 2021 GMT
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) A former county council member and ex-South Carolina state trooper charged with sexually abusing girls and lying about it while trying to buy a gun has been granted bail again.
Ex-Bamberg County Councilman Kerry Trent Kinard, who faces up to life in prison if convicted of the state charges, remains jailed for now pending a federal bond hearing, The Times and Democrat of Orangeburg reported. Federal prosecutors said he lied when he said wasn’t under felony indictment or a restraining order while trying to buy a gun in December.