GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – A Greenville man was sentenced to over a decade in state prison after he pleaded guilty in court to child sex crime charges.
According to the 13th Circuit Solicitor’s Office, Osaze Jonta Cooks, 40, pleaded guilty last week to a charge of criminal sexual conduct with a minor and was sentenced to 15 years in state prisons. He will also have to register as a sex offender.
According to the solicitor’s office, evidence presented at Crooks’ plea hearing showed during the later months of 2024, Cooks sexually assaulted an impregnated a 13-year-old victim, and the paternity was reportedly confirmed by the Greenville County DNA Lab…