South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Jamal Leonard Christian Williams, 19, of Walterboro, S.C., on two charges connected to the sexual exploitation of minors. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Colleton County Sheriff’s Office made the arrest. Investigators with the S.C. Attorney General’s Office, also a member of the state’s ICAC Task Force, assisted with the investigation.
Investigators received CyberTipline reports from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) which led them to Williams. Investigators state Williams possessed multiple files of child sexual abuse material.
Williams was arrested on November 10, 2021. He is charged with two 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.