April 7, 2008
GRANITEVILLE, S.C.---Aiken County deputies have arrested William "Bucky" Hicks on more charges for a series of sexual assaults on a boy dating back to the 1970s.
Hicks, 60, is charged with four counts of criminal sexual assault on a minor and four counts of a lewd act on a minor.
Deputies say the assaults occurred between 1974 and 1978 at Vaucluse Pond and two homes in Graniteville. The boy was between 10 and 13 years old at the time.
Deptuies arrested Hicks, of 117 Gregg Street in Graniteville, earlier this year for sexually assaulting another young boy.
He's now being held in the county jail.
The Aiken County Sheriff's Office contributed to this report.