South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of two Lexington County men—Ralph Scott Gunter, 58, and Albert Halloween Strickland, 56—facing a combined eight charges tied to the sexual exploitation of minors. The arrests followed CyberTipline reports from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and investigators stated both men had shared files of child sexual abuse material. Gunter was arrested on June 12 and charged with five counts of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor and one count of third-degree sexual exploitation.
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