COLUMBIA, S.C., June 19 -- The South Carolina Attorney General issued the following news release:

JUN 19, 2026

(COLUMBIA, S.C.) - South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Christopher Lee Fagiole, 43, of Gaston, 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 Aiken County Sheriff's Office, also a member of the state's ICAC Task Force, assisted with the investigation.



Investigators state Fagiole manufactured files of child sexual abuse material and sent sexually explicit images to a minor.



Fagiole was arrested on June 19, 2026. He is c...