{"id":4543,"date":"2026-08-12T08:06:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T08:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4543"},"modified":"2026-08-12T08:06:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T08:06:27","slug":"sheriff-sc-school-leader-charged-with-criminal-sexual-conduct-has-another-victim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4543","title":{"rendered":"Sheriff: SC school leader charged with criminal sexual conduct has another victim"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The leader of a small private school and nonprofit organization in Columbia was arrested again for criminal sexual conduct after another victim came forward, the Richland County Sheriff\u2019s Department announced.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4541\">NC man jumps into river and gets trapped in churn below waterfall, sheriff says<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Louai Elkhatib, 55, received an additional charge, this time for criminal sexual conduct with a minor.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>He was also charged with one count of criminal sexual conduct in the first degree and four counts of assault and battery in the first degree on July 20.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Elkhatib, is the listed CEO and treasurer of Mission Hope Foundation, which runs the Islamic Academy of Columbia, a private school, as well as a mosque. It is located on Kneece Road off Decker Boulevard.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>According to the Richland County Sheriff\u2019s Department, a victim originally reported sexual assaults by Elkhatib in late June that they said spanned years. During an investigation, four more victims came forward with reports of sexual assault, the sheriff\u2019s department said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4539\">SC legislature passes budget, but what will happen with lawmaker earmarks?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Officials said Elkhatib would use his position as the Iman at the mosque and administrator of the school to hold power over the alleged victims during the sexual assault if they attempted to refuse. The sheriff\u2019s department said it believes there may be more victims.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>On July 25, investigators were contacted by an additional victim regarding an incident that occurred between 2000 and 2001.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Six victims have been identified so far.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Elkhatib was out on surety bond following his arrest last month, but was taken into custody again on Tuesday. He is being held at Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center awaiting a bond hearing.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The sheriff\u2019s department is still encouraging any possible victims to come forward and speak with investigators. Those interested can call (803) 576-3000.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4537\">Big Sur wildfire jumps to nearly 3,000 acres as evacuations widen<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Louai Elkhatib, the leader of the Islamic Academy of Columbia, was arrested again in ongoing sexual assault investigation by the Richland County sheriff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4542,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sheriff: SC school leader charged with criminal sexual conduct has another victim - US Moving Experts<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4543\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sheriff: SC school leader charged with criminal sexual conduct has another victim - US Moving Experts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Louai Elkhatib, the leader of the Islamic Academy of Columbia, was arrested again in ongoing sexual assault investigation by the Richland County sheriff.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4543\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"US Moving Experts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-08-12T08:06:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/usmovingexpertss.com\\\/?p=4543#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/usmovingexpertss.com\\\/?p=4543\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/usmovingexpertss.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d4595f9a47af262eb0de41137cae39b6\"},\"headline\":\"Sheriff: SC school leader charged with criminal sexual conduct has another victim\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-12T08:06:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/usmovingexpertss.com\\\/?p=4543\"},\"wordCount\":328,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/usmovingexpertss.com\\\/?p=4543#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/usmovingexpertss.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/5d9e5727ff3415bcf4e4ad2324dae7e3.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Interesting\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/usmovingexpertss.com\\\/?p=4543#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/usmovingexpertss.com\\\/?p=4543\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/usmovingexpertss.com\\\/?p=4543\",\"name\":\"Sheriff: SC school leader charged with criminal sexual conduct has another victim - US Moving Experts\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/usmovingexpertss.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/usmovingexpertss.com\\\/?p=4543#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/usmovingexpertss.com\\\/?p=4543#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/usmovingexpertss.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/5d9e5727ff3415bcf4e4ad2324dae7e3.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-12T08:06:27+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/usmovingexpertss.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d4595f9a47af262eb0de41137cae39b6\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/usmovingexpertss.com\\\/?p=4543#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/usmovingexpertss.com\\\/?p=4543\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/usmovingexpertss.com\\\/?p=4543#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/usmovingexpertss.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/5d9e5727ff3415bcf4e4ad2324dae7e3.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/usmovingexpertss.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/5d9e5727ff3415bcf4e4ad2324dae7e3.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":675,\"caption\":\"Sheriff Leon Lott shows over 200 guns ready to be destroyed at the Richland County Sheriff\u2019s Office onTuesday, July 7, 2026. 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