CHESTER COUNTY, S.C. — A former Chester County, South Carolina sheriff's deputy has been arrested for child neglect, the sheriff's office announced Thursday.
Damato Sanchez Murrary has been charged with neglect of a child for alleged abuse that occurred between July 2019 and January 2020, officials said.
"Evidence revealed that Murray neglected children who were under his care," Grant Suskin, a spokesperson for the Chester County Sheriff's Office, said in a released statement.
As a result of the investigations, Rylan Jackson was also arrested and charged with neglect after her one year old child tested positive for heroin, officials said.
Investigators accuse Murrary and Jackson of leaving the five children, all under the area of 12, unsupervised. One some occasions, they are accused of not feeding one child, according to documents. The Chester County Department of Social Services also found the home had no electricity.
Murray was a deputy with the sheriff's office between February 2018 and August 2018.
Additional charges are possible as the investigation continues, according to the sheriff's office.
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