Davonte A'Landez Young-Menifee, 21, of Anderson, South Carolina, was arrested and charged with first-degree sexual exploitation of a minor and dissemination of obscene material to a person under the age of 18, according to the South Carolina Attorney General's Office. Investigators received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children which led them to Young-Menifee, and authorities claim he manufactured files of child sexual abuse material and sent sexually explicit images to a minor.
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