COLUMBIA, S.C., July 16 -- The South Carolina Attorney General issued the following news release:
JUL 16, 2026
(COLUMBIA, S.C.) - South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Jerry Ellison Ballew, Jr., 59, of Belton, S.C., on one charge connected to the sexual exploitation of minors. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Anderson County Sheriff's Office made the arrest. Investigators with the Attorney General's Office and Homeland Security Investigations, both also members 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 Ballew. Inv...