Police Officer Faces 49 Additional Charges of Sex Crimes Against Minors

Winthrop University police officer has been charged with 49 additional warrants for sex crimes against minors. It comes after Winthrop officials were originally notified by the State Law Enforcement Division in September of an active criminal investigation into one of its officers, 48-year-old Charles Price.



Price was first arrested and charged with sex assault in the first degree and two counts of criminal sexual misconduct with a minor under 11-years-old.


 Price was charged with the following additional charges: 


• 9 counts of Criminal Sexual Conduct with Minor under 11 years of age firstdegree.

• 13 counts of Criminal Sexual Conduct with Minor victim 11 to 14 years of age second-degree. 

• 8 counts of Criminal Sexual Conduct third-degree. 

• 18 counts of Incest. 

• 1 count of Kidnapping.


This brings the total number of charges to 52. Price is a former law enforcement officer with the Winthrop University Police Department. 


The investigation was requested by the York County Sheriff’s Office. Price was booked at the York County Detention Center. The case will be prosecuted by the Sixteenth Circuit Solicitor’s Office. 


Some the warrants state the sexual battery was accomplished by Price threatening to commit suicide and/or by physical force.  Price was booked at the York County Detention Center. The case will be prosecuted by the Sixteenth Circuit Solicitor’s Office. 


In other news, A man from Bronson is behind bars after deputies say he engaged in unlawful sexual acts, including rape, with multiple victims under the age of 18.


Levy County Sheriff’s Office arrested William Luther Hodson on five counts of sex crimes committed against minors in Levy County. Hodson was charged with three counts of Lewd and Lascivious Molestation, one count of Sexual Battery, and one count of Child Abuse. According to LCSO, the the offenses occurred this past year in Bronson.


Hodson is being held at the Levy County Detention Center on a combined bond of $2 million.

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