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Augusta Man Jailed After 15-Year-Old Relative Births Their Child

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A 25-year-old Augusta man remained in jail Thursday on child molestation charges after he allegedly had sex with a 15-year-old girl and got her pregnant, authorities said.

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Jonathan Campbell, 25, of the 3500 block of Ira Road, was charged with felony child molestation – non aggravated.

A warrant says Campbell had sex with the juvenile in March 2015 “with the intent to satisfy his sexual desires … resulting in the victim giving birth to a child.”

Jonathan Campbell, 25, of Augusta, Child molestation - non aggravatedThe warrant indicates the girl is related to Campbell  by marriage, not biologically. Once the girl gave birth, an investigation led to a warrant against Campbell.

He was arrested Saturday and booked into the Richmond County Detention Center on the molestation charge.

Campbell’s Facebook page indicates he has been stressed over the last few months.

“Love my kids and love my life but I don’t think I’ll ever get to enjoy it,” he wrote in a February post.

 

 

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Greg Rickabaugh
Greg Rickabaugh
Greg Rickabaugh is an award-winning crime reporter in the Augusta-Aiken area with experience writing for The Augusta Chronicle, The Augusta Press and serving as publisher of The Jail Report. Rickabaugh is a 1994 graduate of the University of South Carolina and has appeared on several crime documentaries on the Investigation Discovery channel.
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