Three Lowcountry men arrested on Child Sexual Abuse Material* charges

(COLUMBIA, S.C.) - South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Mark Wayne Dandridge, Jr., 41, of Colleton, S.C., Joshua Angelo Marquez, 20, of Berkeley, S.C., and Daniel F. Agold, 54, of Goose Creek, S.C., on 10 total charges connected to the sexual exploitation of minors. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the South Carolina Attorney General's Office made the arrests in these unrelated cases. Investigators with the Colleton County Sheriff's Office, Charleston County Sheriff's Office, Berkeley County Sheriff's Office, and Homeland Security Investigations, all also members of the state's ICAC Task Force, assisted with these investigations.

Investigators received CyberTipline reports from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), which led them to Agold, Dandridge, and Marquez. Investigators state Agold manufactured, distributed, and possessed files of child sexual abuse material, Dandridge distributed files of child sexual abuse material, and Marquez distributed and possessed files of child sexual abuse material.  

Dandridge was arrested on August 26, 2026. 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.

Marquez was arrested on August 27, 2026. 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 one count of sexual exploitation of a minor, third degree (§16-15-410), a felony offense punishable by up to 10 years' imprisonment.

Agold was arrested on August 27, 2026. He is charged with one count of sexual exploitation of a minor, first degree (§16-15-395), a felony offense punishable by up to 20 years' imprisonment; five counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, second degree (§16-15-405), a felony offense punishable by up to 10 years' imprisonment on each count; and one count of sexual exploitation of a minor, third degree (§16-15-410), a felony offense punishable by up to 10 years' imprisonment.

Agold was previously convicted on similar charges in 2012 and 2019.

These cases will be prosecuted by the Attorney General's Office.

Attorney General Wilson stressed that 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.