Foster dad to 30 kids molested at least one of them — and maybe more, SC cops say
A South Carolina man who has been a foster parent to “roughly 30 children” was arrested Wednesday and charged with sexually abusing a foster child multiple times, the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office said.
On Feb. 20, the sheriff’s office began investigating Darrell Girardeau after learning of allegations that he had “inappropriate physical contact ... with a child under the age of 16,” according to a news release.
The abuse occurred while the 66-year-old Iva resident was the girl’s foster parent, according to an arrest warrant.
Girardeau inappropriately touched “the child ... on multiple occasions between July 29, 2015 and March 2, 2016,” the sheriff’s office said in the news release.
He was taken to the Greenville County Detention Center and charged with two counts of criminal sexual conduct with a minor, jail records show. Girardeau remains behind bars after his bond was set at $30,000 on the combined charges, according to the detention center.
The sheriff’s office is asking anyone else who might have been a victim of abuse at Girardeau’s hands, including other foster children, to report the crimes.
Anyone with information is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 864-23-CRIME.
This story was originally published March 20, 2019 at 6:50 PM.
