Local Denied Bond After Incest and Sodomy Arrest

A Summerville man is being held without bond in the Chattooga County Jail after being arrested for molesting three children.

John Matthew Robinson, 33, of 116 North Lewis Street, Summerville, was arrested Thursday afternoon, for child molestation, two counts of aggravated child molestation, two counts of incest and two counts of sodomy.

Robinson is accused of attacking a 12-year-old, 15-year-old and a four-year-old. The victims included both male and female children, Chattooga County Sheriff’s Investigator Jason Burrage stated.

“Was reported suspect did touch the buttocks of a four-year-old victim, to arouse or satisfy the desires of either the child or person,” Inv. Burrage stated. “[Robinson] did engage in sodomy with a person whom suspect knew was related by blood or marriage.”