Darlington couple arrested, charged with multiple counts of child neglect
Darlington County Sheriff’s Special Victim Unit has arrested and charged two Darlington parents with multiple counts of child neglect. James Charlie Hawkins, 41, of Darlington has been charged with five counts of unlawful neglect of a child and one count of inflicting great bodily injury upon a child. Ida Gregg, 22, of Darlington has been charged with five counts of unlawful neglect of a child and one count of allowing a person to inflict great bodily harm upon a child.
Investigators allege that between April and July of this year Hawkins did inflict great bodily injury upon a child by striking the child with electrical cords and other objects leaving the child permanently disfigured. Investigators also allege that other children in the residence were placed at unreasonable risk by the couple.
Hawkins is being held on a $108,000 bond and Gregg is being held on a $90,000 bond. Both remain at the W. Glenn Campbell Detention Center.
This case remains under investigation. If you have any information you are asked contact Darlington County Sheriff’s Investigators at (843) 398-4501 or Crime Stoppers of the Pee Dee at 1-888-CRIME-SC or text tip number 274637 (CRIMES). You do not have to reveal your identity to leave information.
