Firefighter Accused of Sexual Assault on Fire Victim

A volunteer firefighter from Fairfield County, South Carolina has been accused of sexually assaulting a legally blind fire victim over the weekend.

On Saturday, Ralph Marthers , 51, returned to the home of the female victim following a small fence fire to deliver a copy of the fire report when the assault took place. As unbelievable as the story sounds, it gets even worse: Mathers is a registered sex offender.

This is the second case involving a firefighter who is a registered sex offender in recent memory. Recall the case from North Carolina last year involving Red Oak Volunteer Fire Department Captain Robert O’Neal.

Marthers was suspended from the department. For more on the story.