Deputies: Teen arrested on charges of sexual exploitation of a toddler

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (WOLO) – Orangeburg County deputies have arrested a North teen on charges of sexual exploitation of a toddler.

Kyle Michael Teran, 17, has been charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor and second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor.

Orangeburg County Sheriff’s investigators were called to a North residence Sunday around 8:40 a.m. after a man reported initially a missing person and a sexual assault.

The man said he had confronted a relative over photos the teen was said to have taken of a child. The man sent the teen to the teen’s bedroom for the night.

Teran sneaked out a window and ran away.

Another witness said they were babysitting the child when the witness said she fell asleep for a few minutes. When she woke up, she said the teen was standing over the sleeping child taking photographs of the child’s unclothed body.

Acquaintances notified the relatives where the teen was at in Lexington County.

He was located and brought to Orangeburg where he admitted taking photos to upload to a pedophile web site.

Teran faces up to 15 years for the criminal sexual conduct charge alone.