South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Michael Charles Ford, 51, of Bluffton, S.C., on four charges connected to the attempted sexual exploitation of a minor. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) investigators with the Mount Pleasant Police Department made the arrest. Investigators state Ford solicited […]
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Matthew Leon Arotin, 62, of Pickens, SC, on six charges connected to the sexual exploitation of a minor. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office made the arrest. Investigators with the […]
South Carolina Department of Social Services has been an agency that has maintained allegations of misconduct and corruption in the media for several years now. The latest is its allowance of letting Foster Parents override all legal standards. Foster Parents seem to have been given the power by […]
Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott announces the arrest of a local photographer after allegations of misconduct surfaced. Gregg Martin (DOB: 4-15-1968) was arrested on April 8 after deputies received a report of him taking inappropriate photographs of a young girl under his care. The investigation revealed that Martin […]
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of William Lloyd Hepburn, 21, of Charleston, S.C., on seven charges connected to the sexual exploitation of a minor. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office made the arrest. Investigators with the […]
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Ajshoni Jamison, 22, of Columbia, S.C., on 15 charges connected to the sexual exploitation of a minor. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Lexington County Sheriff’s Office made the arrest. Investigators with the Attorney […]
Joins bipartisan coalition of 37 AGs challenging efforts to weaken laws against human trafficking and sexual abuse, assault, and exploitation Attorney General Alan Wilson is part of a bipartisan coalition of 37 Attorneys General who wrote a letter to the American Law Institute (ALI) urging them to reject […]
Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that Douglas Bishop pleaded guilty Tuesday to two counts of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, Second Degree, and one count of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, Third Degree, in Union County. On November 28, 2017, Investigator Kevin Atkins with the Attorney General’s Office […]
An Aiken County man is going to prison for 20 years for sex crimes against children. Joshua Armentrout pleaded guilty today to one count of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor Second Degree and one count of Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor Third Degree in Aiken County before […]
The absence of a father — due to separation, divorce, incarceration or death — has adverse physical and behavioral consequences for a growing child. In a study published July 18 in the journal Pediatrics, a team of researchers, including those from Princeton University, report that the loss of a […]
