(COLUMBIA, S.C.) – South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Michael Williams, 35, of Gaffney, S.C., on one charge connected to the sexual exploitation of minors. Investigators with the Gaffney Police Department made the arrest. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) investigators with the Attorney General’s Office assisted with the investigation.
Investigators state Williams possessed files of child sexual abuse material
Williams was arrested on June 26, 2023. He is charged with one count of sexual exploitation of a minor third degree (§16-15-410), a felony offense punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment.
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.
* Child sexual abuse material, or CSAM, is a more accurate reflection of the material involved in these heinous and abusive crimes. “Pornography” can imply the child was a consenting participant. Globally, the term child pornography is being replaced by CSAM for this reason.
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