Man Arrested For Lewd Acts Dating Back To 1994

A 41-year-old man was arrested Tuesday after two men told investigators with the Greenville County Sheriff's Office that he had engaged in sexually inappropriate behavior with them while they were teenagers.

Christopher Daniel Vargo was arrested Tuesday by the GCSO's crimes against children unit and charged with three separate counts of lewd act on a minor, which allegedly occured with two different victims from June of 1994 to August of 1995.

One of the incidents occured at Hampton Park Baptist Church, another at Vargo's former residence at Bob White Lane in Taylors and another at one of the victims' homes.

According to the warrants, Vargo, then 23, engaged in unwanted sexual behavior with the victims in very similar ways in all three incidents. The victims were 13 at the time. The warrants indicate that in two of the incidents involved Vargo "wrestling" and "horseplaying" with a victim before inappropriately touching him. Another involved Vargo taking off the victim's shirt on the pretense of giving him a back rub before committing the crime.

Vargo is currently being held at the Greenville County Detention Center on $60,000 bond - $20,000 for each count he faces.

The victims were prompted to come forward after the recent release of similar incidents in the community, Jennings Autrey of the GCSO said. 

Anyone with information regarding this case or any similar cases are urged to contact the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office (271-5210) or Crime Stoppers at 23-CRIME.