A business owner in South Carolina is headed to prison for sexually abusing a teenage girl for years, according to the 11th Circuit Solicitor’s Office. Travis Hammack, 35, owner of Paddle South Outfitters in Chapin, South Carolina, was sentenced to 25 years after pleading guilty to two counts of first-degree sexual exploitation of a minor – in Lexington County General Sessions Court, the solicitor’s office announced Tuesday. These convictions are violent crimes and Hammack must register as a sex offender upon his release from prison. The solicitor’s office said on Aug. 29, 2021, Hammack coerced a teenage girl to send him sexually explicit videos via Snap Chat. The office said the next morning, Hammack physically assaulted the victim. After the assault, the victim reported that Hammack had been sexually abusing her for several years and that Hammack would record the incidents of sexual abuse, the solicitor’s office said. The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department arrested Hammack and seized his cell phone.Authorities said Hammack’s phone and Snapchat records were searched pursuant to a search warrant. Authorities said two sexually explicit videos of a minor were recovered, as well other evidence corroborating the victim’s report of years of sexual and psychological abuse by Hammack. The victim and a law enforcement investigator addressed the court at the sentencing hearing. Hammack was taken to the South Carolina Department of Corrections to serve his sentence.
A business owner in South Carolina is headed to prison for sexually abusing a teenage girl for years, according to the 11th Circuit Solicitor’s Office.
Travis Hammack, 35, owner of Paddle South Outfitters in Chapin, South Carolina, was sentenced to 25 years after pleading guilty to two counts of first-degree sexual exploitation of a minor – in Lexington County General Sessions Court, the solicitor’s office announced Tuesday.
These convictions are violent crimes and Hammack must register as a sex offender upon his release from prison.
The solicitor’s office said on Aug. 29, 2021, Hammack coerced a teenage girl to send him sexually explicit videos via Snap Chat.
The office said the next morning, Hammack physically assaulted the victim.
After the assault, the victim reported that Hammack had been sexually abusing her for several years and that Hammack would record the incidents of sexual abuse, the solicitor’s office said.
The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department arrested Hammack and seized his cell phone.
Authorities said Hammack’s phone and Snapchat records were searched pursuant to a search warrant.
Authorities said two sexually explicit videos of a minor were recovered, as well other evidence corroborating the victim’s report of years of sexual and psychological abuse by Hammack.
The victim and a law enforcement investigator addressed the court at the sentencing hearing.
Hammack was taken to the South Carolina Department of Corrections to serve his sentence.