ORANGEBURG COUNTY, S.C. — Orangeburg County Sheriff Leroy Ravenell announced that a man has been charged after allegedly threatening an 11-year-old child who had simply asked for something to eat.

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

According to the Sheriff’s Office, 44-year-old Thomas Baker has been charged with unlawful conduct toward a child following the incident.

Deputies responded Saturday to a residence on Beason Road after they said a man at the home requested that a juvenile be removed from the property. The man reportedly told deputies the child was being “unruly.”

However, deputies said the 11-year-old told them that when he asked for food, Baker

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