New Ellenton man arrested on Child Sexual Abuse* charges

(COLUMBIA, S.C.) - South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Jacob Ryan Glosser, 22, of  New Ellenton, S.C., on five charges connected to the sexual exploitation of a minor. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Aiken County Sheriff's Office made the arrest. Investigators with the Attorney General's Office and U.S. Secret Service, both also members of the state's ICAC Task Force, and the New Ellenton Police Department assisted with this investigation.

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

Glosser was arrested on November 21, 2023. He is charged with one count of sexual exploitation of a minor, second degree (§16-15-405), a felony offense punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment; and four 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.

* 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.