During a term of court in Saluda County last week, two Sex Offenders in unrelated cases were sent to prison after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting minors. Charles Gable Isdell, II, age 38, was sentenced to twenty (20) years and Gustavo Rodriguez Diaz, age 40, was sentenced to fifteen (15) years in the South Carolina Department of Corrections. Circuit Court Judge Walton J. McLeod IV imposed these sentences on both offenders.

Eleventh Circuit Solicitor Rick Hubbard stated, "Our work to protect children in our community remains a primary focus. Our office will continue to hold child abusers responsible for their actions. The victims of these two offenders can continue healing knowing that their abusers are in prison.”

Both of these cases were prosecuted by Assistant Solicitor Robby McNair of the Eleventh Circuit Solicitor’s Office.

The Saluda County Sheriff's Office began an investigation into Gustavo Rodriguez Diaz for sexual assaults on a minor in November of 2016 following an unrelated criminal investigation in which the minor victim was a witness. The minor victim was 9 years old at the time. During an interview, the child disclosed that Diaz had sexually assaulted her on multiple occasions.

The Saluda County Sheriff’s Department began an investigation into Charles Gable Isdell, II, in June of 2017 after receiving a report of sexual assaults committed against two minor victims, who were both 14 years old at the time. Investigators were able to recover evidence on Isdell’s phone described by the victims that corroborated their accounts of what occurred. During the sentencing hearing, Lt. Josh Price expressed to the Court that the two minors continue to be traumatized by these events and still live in fear of Isdell.

Isdell and Diaz were both transported to the South Carolina Department of Corrections to begin the immediate service of their prison sentences.

https://www.wistv.com/2019/03/11/saluda-co-sex-offenders-sentenced-prison-time-unrelated-cases/