ORANGEBURG COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) — A man is facing charges after Orangeburg County deputies say he threatened a child who asked him for something to eat.

Thomas Baker, 44, is charged with unlawful conduct towards a child, deputies say.

A judge set bond for Baker at $25,000 on the charge, Deputy Richard Walker said.

Deputies responded Saturday to a home on Beason Road where Baker wanted an 11-year-old child to leave his property, Walker said.

Deputies said the boy told them he asked for something to eat and Baker responded with a profanity-laced threat.

Baker told deputies was being unruly.

“It reminds me of the verse in Matthew that asks if your son asks for bread who would give him a stone?” Sheriff Leroy Ravenell said. “This boy didn’t even get a stone.”

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