A Columbus man was arrested last week after deputies say he assaulted a child.
Ryan Scott Perrigin, 40, of Sand Road, has been charged with sexual battery, according to a Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office press release. Deputies arrested him Thursday.
The victim in the case was under the age of 14.
The press release did not indicate how Perrigin knew the child.
Perrigin in currently in custody at Lowndes County Adult Detention Center on $25,000 bond.
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