Internet Crimes Against Children

(COLUMBIA, S.C.) – Feb. 25, 2021 – South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Morris Emory Pate, 51, of St. George, S.C., on 20 charges connected to the sexual exploitation of minors. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office made the arrest. Investigators with the S.C. Attorney General’s Office, also a member of the state’s ICAC Task Force, assisted with the investigation.   Investigators received a CyberTipline report from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) which led them to Pate. Investigators state Pate distributed and possessed files of…

(COLUMBIA, S.C.) – Feb. 24, 2021 – South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that former SCANA CEO Kevin Bryan Marsh waived presentment and pled guilty today to a State Grand Jury indictment for violation of South Carolina Code Ann. Section 16-13-240(1) (Obtaining Signature or Goods by False Pretense over $10,000).  This crime is a felony and is punishable by up to ten years in prison. The Honorable J. Mark Hayes, II accepted the plea this afternoon after presentations from both sides.  This case is part of a very complex and involved joint federal and state investigation which also resulted…