Kershaw County Man Arrested on Child Pornography Charges

(COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Jan. 3, 2019 - South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Robert Walter Conant (age 57) of  Lugoff, SC, on 10 charges connected to the sexual exploitation of a minor.  Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Kershaw County Sheriff’s Office made the arrest.  Investigators with the Attorney General's Office and United States Secret Service, both also members of the state's ICAC Task Force, assisted with this investigation.

Investigators received a CyberTipline report from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) which led them to Conant. Investigators state Conant possessed multiple files of child pornography.  

Conant was arrested on December 28, 2018.  He is charged with 10 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.

The 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.