NEW: Melquan Robinson's investigatory file reveals new details in 12-year-old's electrocution

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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) -- The Augusta-Richmond County District Attorney has released the Richmond County Sheriff's Office case file on the 12-year-old boy who was electrocuted at Fleming Park last fall.

Melquan Robinson was electrocuted on a fence surrounding field two at Fleming Athletic Complex in October 2018.

Two other children were shocked while attempting to pull Robinson from the fence, according to a deputy's report.

During the investigation, deputies interviewed a man working for High Voltage Specialist Inc.

High Voltage Specialist Inc., or HVSI, is the company that was contracted by the Augusta-Richmond County government to "assess the electrical deficiencies at the complex," according to investigative notes.

The contractor, William McClain, told an investigator he cut the electrical wiring coming from the bottom of the light pole on the south end of field two, "stopping electricity from being transmitted in between the two light poles."

A Richmond County investigator recorded the interview with McClain.

McClain told the investigator when he arrived at Fleming Park, the day after Melquan was electrocuted, the breaker box for field #2 was turned off. McClain stated after turning the power on again to field #2 and the stadium lights surrounding the field, he found the chain link metal fence "was holding a voltage of 280 voltages and electrifying the metal fence for approx. 50 ft on either side of the rear fence of field #2."

According to the investigative notes, McClain said he cut the connecting electrical wires from the two light poles and turned the power back onto field #2. He then told the investigator he tested the entire fence line and found no electrical current on field #2's fence line.

McClain told the investigator the site would need to be excavated for a more definite answer.

The case file also included an interview with an Augusta-Richmond County parks maintenance worker, George Clements.

Clements told investigators of problems he remembered with the fences at Fleming Park.

According to the investigative notes, Clements told an investigator:

"The first problem I can remember starting with the fence on field two, I'm not real certain of the year, it was 1987 or 1988. I was told that a little girl got an electric shock from the fence, the night before at the games, this was a big deal at the time. I remember being called into the assistant director Tom Beck's office and being questioned about this incident. The electricians came out and we had the bosses come down to the complex and the architect came out with blueprints. The solutions that they came up with, was to ground the light poles and the fence. I believe he told me the problem was, the light poles were made out of aluminum and they [were] too close to the fence. The second problem, which happened a year or two after the first problems, with the fence, was on field one, at that time I remember there was two light ballast that went bad on the same pole, which caused the breaker to trip off. [...] They canceled the games on that field at that time."

Clements statement was taken on Oct. 22, 2018, seven days after Melquan was electrocuted.