COLUMBIA, S.C., Aug. 24 -- The South Carolina Attorney General issued the following news release:

AUG 24, 2026

(COLUMBIA, S.C.) - South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Timothy Lewis Anderson, 66, of Columbia, S.C., on three charges connected to the sexual exploitation of a minor. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Lexington County Sheriff's Department made the arrest. Investigators with the Attorney General's Office and Richland County Sheriff's Office, both also members of the state's ICAC Task Force, also assisted with the investigation.



Investigators state Anderson encouraged a person he believed to be a minor to produce child sexual abuse material, distributed chi...