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Friday, May 31, 2013  Federal prosecutors say a South Carolina man has pleaded guilty to sending pictures of himself engaged in sexual activity with two young girls over the Internet to a Maine man.

Thursday, April 11, 2013  The U.S. Attorney's office said Booker T. Vanderhorst, 65, of Charleston was indicted on Sex Trafficking of Children and Use of Interstate Commerce to Promote Unlawful Activity

Friday, February 08, 2013  An Eastover man has been sentenced to a year and a half in federal prison for calling in a bomb threat to a school and having child pornography.

Friday, December 07, 2012  An officer who resigned this week from the Moncks Corner Police Department has been charged exploitation of minors after authorities say they found child pornography on his computer.

Thursday, December 06, 2012  An award-winning composer and former fine arts instructor at a private school in Charleston has pleaded guilty to child pornography charges.

Monday, November 12, 2012  The show goes on, minus condoms, as LA's porn industry contemplates future of 'safe sex' films

Tuesday, October 16, 2012  United States Attorney Bill Nettles said Tuesday that Mark Anthony Soza, 57, of Roebuck, was sentenced to 40 months imprisonment by United States District Judge J. Michelle Childs of Greenville

Friday, August 24, 2012  The Citadel Board of Visitors is hiring two outside firms to investigate how the military school handled a complaint about a former camp counselor now serving 50 years in prison for molesting boys.

Friday, August 17, 2012  A former highway patrol trooper was sentenced Thursday in federal court to three years in jail for possession of child pornography.

Thursday, August 16, 2012  An Eastover man who was charged with making a telephone bomb threat to a school and possession of child pornography has plead guilty in U.S. District Court in Columbia on Wednesday.

Wednesday, July 11, 2012  A member of the board for a Rock Hill charter school has been arrested on child pornography charges.

Wednesday, May 16, 2012  Authorities say a 21-year-old convicted sex offender charged with kidnapping a 7-year-old is now facing more charges.

Tuesday, May 08, 2012  Three people have been charged in connection with a string of bomb threats at a Columbia high school.

Tuesday, April 24, 2012  A former Spartanburg teacher pleaded guilty to child porn charges Tuesday.

Wednesday, February 29, 2012  United States Attorney Bill Nettles saId Clyde Mitchell, 53, of Gaston, North Carolina, was sentenced today in federal court in Charleston, South Carolina, for Possession of Child Pornography. United States District Judge Richard Gergel of Charleston sentenced Mitchell to 10 years imprisonment and lifetime supervised release.