South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of David Hoyt Williams, 36, of Abbeville, S.C., on six charges connected to the attempted sexual exploitation of a minor. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Abbeville Police Department made the arrest.
Investigators state Williams solicited and traveled to meet a person he believed to be a minor for sex, and sent sexually explicit material to a person he believed to be a minor.
Williams was arrested on February 5, 2025. He is charged with one count of criminal solicitation of a minor (§16-15-342), a felony offense punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment; one count of attempted criminal sexual conduct with a minor (§16-3-655(B)(1)); and four counts of dissemination of obscene material to a person under the age of eighteen (§16-15-345), a felony offense punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment on each count.