06/15/2026
Greenville Man Pleads to Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor
Thirteenth Circuit Solicitor Cindy S. Crick states that on June 15, 2026, Dana Andrea Jenkins (57) pled guilty to Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor, First Degree. The Honorable Jessica A. Salvini sentenced him to twenty-five years in the South Carolina Department of Corrections. Jenkins will be required to register as a s*x offender upon release. Evidence presented during the plea by Assistant Solicitor Courtney Rea established that in August of 2024, the four-year old child disclosed to her mother that Jenkins s*xually assaulted her while she was at his home, which operated as an in-home daycare facility in Greenville County. The victim’s mother immediately took the child to the hospital, where a Sexual Assault Nurse was able to perform a medical-forensic exam. Jenkins’ DNA was located which corroborated the child’s disclosure of the incident. Investigator Ashland Dunn with the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office Crimes Against Children Unit investigated the case.