LCSD: 17 men arrested in operation targeting online predators
According to the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department, seventeen men have been arrested in a month-long operation that targeting adults contacting children for sexual activity.
Sumter authorities arrested 54 year-old Andre Girard Johnson on criminal solicitation of a minor.
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson says a Lexington County man is accused of soliciting a person he believed to be a minor for sex and attempting to disseminate obscene material to a minor.
According to South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, three Midlands men have been arrested on charges related to the exploitation of minors. Authorities say the arrests are from unrelated investigations.
According to South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, a Camden man was arrested on charges related to the solicitation of a minor.
According to the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department, seventeen men have been arrested in a month-long operation that targeting adults contacting children for sexual activity.
According to United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy Jr., a Columbia man was sentenced to 25 years in prison for sex trafficking minors.
According to the Attorney General Alan Wilson, a Swansea man was arrested for soliciting a minor for sex.
According to South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, a Lexington County man has been charged with criminal solicitation of a minor.