Buffalo, SC Man Charged for Sexual Exploitation of Minors

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BUFFALO, SC– South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Christopher Allen Todd, 22, of Buffalo, S.C., on six charges connected to the sexual exploitation of minors. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Attorney General’s Office made the arrest. Investigators with the Union County Sheriff’s Office and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), both also members of the state’s ICAC Task Force, assisted with the investigation.

 

Investigators received a CyberTipline report from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) which led them to Todd. Investigators state Todd distributed and possessed files of child sexual abuse material.

 

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Todd was arrested on September 24, 2020. He is charged with one count of sexual exploitation of a minor, second degree (§16-15-405), a felony offense punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment; and five counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, third degree (§16-15-410), a felony offense punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment on each count.

 

This case will be prosecuted by the Attorney General’s Office.


 

Attorney General Wilson stressed all defendants are presumed innocent unless and until they are proven guilty in a court of law.


Read more: http://www.scag.gov/archives/41242#ixzz6Z5iXeVOd

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