WALHALLA — The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office reported Wednesday it has filed two counts of sexual criminal conduct on a minor against a Westminster man who remained jailed on $200,000 bail.

Sheriff’s investigators say the suspect, 22-year-old Phillip Allen Blackwell, may have been abusing the 14-year-old victim for a couple of years.

Sgt. Gentry Hawk said the Sheriff’s Office was called into the case in June by the victim’s grandmother who lives in Seneca. According to the grandmother, the victim confessed to her about the sexual abuse.