Midlands man accused of attempting to solicit minor on-line

Charleston Co. Detention Center

Kershaw Co., S.C. (WOLO)–A Kershaw County man is accused with attempting to sexually exploit a child.
A spokesperson for the Attorney General’s Office says Benjamin Catoe solicited a person he believed to be a minor for sex and encouraged them to produce child sexual abuse material.
Investigators say he also sent sexually explicit images to the person he believed to be a child.
If convicted he faces 10 years in prison for each of the four charges.