Sumter man wanted in connection with sexual assault

SUMTER COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) –The Sumter County Sheriff‘s Office has placed a 23-year-old man wanted in connection to a sexual assault on its most wanted list. Devante Ricardo Sanders, aka Rico of Sumter, Sanders is wanted in connection with a Sept. 4, incident in the 200 block of Murphy Street in which a woman was allegedly drugged and sexually and sexually assaulted. In addition, Sanders has multiple bench warrants for contempt of magistrate court, and is currently on probation on drug possession charges. Sanders is 5’5″ tall and weighs approximately 180 pounds, with black dreadlocked hair and brown eyes. Anyone with information about Sanders‘ whereabouts is asked to contact the Sumter County Sheriff‘s Office at (803) 436-2000 or Crime Stoppers at (803) 436-2718.