Police said they have arrested a man who they believe has committed sex crimes against children dating back 22 years.
Chadren Heston was arrested earlier this week and is in custody at the Richland County Jail after a judge set bond at $500,000.
Heston, who currently faces five counts of rape involving a child under the age of 13, will likely face additional charges, police said.
"He has consistently abused children from the time he was 10 years old until Tuesday when he was arrested," said Mansfield police Det. Jeff Shook.
According to Shook, investigators have identified eight boys and girls who Heston sexually abused.
"This person preys on young children, prepubescent children," Shook said. "He's a pedophile; truly a pedophile."
Investigators believe that Heston silenced his victims by threatening to harm their mothers, McEntyre reported.
Authorities said they began investigating Heston after a woman in South Carolina came forward last October with claims that Heston had raped her 18-year-old daughter years earlier.
The woman said she questioned her three other children, and they also said they were abused by Heston, McEntyre reported.
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