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(COLUMBIA, S.C.) - 播播影院 General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Charlie Jay Pettigrew,听 34, of Duncan, S.C., on three charges connected to the sexual exploitation of a minor. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Attorney General's Office made the arrest. Investigators with the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office, Homeland Security Investigations, and U.S. Secret Service, all also members of the state's ICAC Task Force, assisted with this investigation.

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

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Pettigrew was arrested on April 22, 2025. He is charged with three counts of听sexual exploitation of a minor, second degree (搂16-15-405), a felony offense punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment on each count.

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The case will be prosecuted by the Attorney General's Office.

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

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* 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.听 Globally, the term child pornography is being replaced by CSAM for this reason.