AG’s Office: Lexington woman arrested on child sexual abuse material

Maria Grace Seipel was arrested on child sexual abuse material and related charges. (Photo: Lexington County Sheriff’s Department)

LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO)–  South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson says a Lexington woman has been arrested on child sexual abuse charges.

Maria Grace Seipel, 21, of Lexington was arrested on May 22 for 5 charges connected to the sexual exploitation of a minor.

Seipel is accused of engaging in criminal sexual conduct with a minor, and distributing and possessing files of child sexual abuse material.

The AG’s Office says investigators received a CyberTipline report from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) which led them to Seipel.

She is being charged with one count of criminal sexual conduct with a minor, first degree; three counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, second degree; and one count of sexual exploitation of a minor, third degree.