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Upstate man arrested for child pornography
Posted: 01.31.2012 at 4:07 PM
Drew Stewart

Drew Stewart joined the WACH Fox News assignment desk in December 2011.

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Tyler Keith Waite, 21, of Mauldin, was arrested on January 27, 2012, by the Mauldin Police Department on a child pornography charge,   / FILE
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GREENVILLE COUNTY (WACH) - Tyler Keith Waite, 21,  of Mauldin, was arrested on January 27, 2012, by the Mauldin Police Department on a child pornography charge, said Attorney General Alan Wilson.

Waite is charged with one  count of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, 3rd Degree, a felony offense punishable to ten (10) years imprisonment.

Waite is charged with possessing digital photographs and/or videos depicting children engaged in sex acts. Three computers and associated equipment belonging to Waite were seized for forensic examination. At least sixteen  files containing the pornographic images were found on that equipment.

Waite was assigned a bond of $10,000. The case will be prosecuted by the Attorney General's Office.

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