Internet Crimes Against Children

(COLUMBIA, S.C.) – July 1, 2020 – South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson joined a bipartisan coalition of 42 attorneys general led by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg urging the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to rescind a newly-implemented policy that will result in further delays and confusion in the claims process. In a letter submitted to Under Secretary for Benefits Paul Lawrence, the coalition is asking the department to postpone and reevaluate changes made to its longstanding claims review policy while the nation faces a public health pandemic. In April, the…

(COLUMBIA, S.C.) – July 1, 2020 – South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Roberto J. Martin Rodriguez, 25, of Gray Court, SC, on five charges connected to the sexual exploitation of minors. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Attorney General’s Office made the arrest. Investigators with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), U.S. Secret Service, U.S. Marshals Service and the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office, all also members of the state’s ICAC Task Force, assisted with the execution of the warrant and arrest.   Investigators state Rodriguez possessed multiple files of child sexual abuse material.  …