A Greenville man charged with 10 counts of sexual exploitation of minors is behind bars.
Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the Greenville County Sheriff's Office arrested 26 year old Trent Cornell Bewley earlier this month in the distribution of child sexual abuse material.
The Attorney General's Office will prosecute the case.
Bewley faces up to a total of 100 years in prison if found guilty on all charges.
Bewley's bond was not satisfied.
Press Release from the Office of Attorney General, Alan Wilson, below:
(COLUMBIA, S.C.) South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Trent Cornell Bewley (age 26), of Greenville, S.C., on 10 charges connected to the sexual exploitation of minors.
Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Greenville County Sheriff's Office made the arrest.
Investigators with the S.C. Attorney General's Office, also a member of the state's ICAC Task Force, assisted with the investigation.
Investigators received a CyberTipline report from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) which led them to Bewley.
Investigators state Bewley distributed files of child sexual abuse material.
Bewley was arrested on September 3, 2020.
He is charged with 10 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.
This 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.
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