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A Columbia man charged with seven felonies for sex crimes against multiple children remains jailed without bond and will be arraigned on Monday.
47-year-old James Cecil Bennett is charged with three counts of statutory sodomy and four other felonies.
Graphic court documents obtained by 939 the Eagle say Bennett allegedly molested a six and a seven-year-old. The Columbia Police Department’s probable cause statement also says Bennett burned one of the children with a hot metal spoon and hung the child upside down in a closet from the closet rod.
He also allegedly punched and kicked the children, according to court documents.
CPD’s probable cause statement quotes one victim as telling police that Bennett told him that if he told anyone, James would kill their mother and then kill them.
