McDowell County deputies have arrested and charged a Spruce Pine man with three counts of statutory rape of a child by an adult. According to authorities, twenty-two year old Brandon Michael Jarrett, of Washburn Road in Spruce Pine, had a sexual relationship with a 12-year-old girl between 2018 and 2019. Deputies say that during that time Jarrett was 20-years-old and the victim was an acquaintance. The McDowell County Sheriff’s office received the case on a referral from the McDowell County Department of Social Services.
