COLUMBIA, S.C., June 16 -- The South Carolina Attorney General issued the following news release:

JUN 16, 2026

(COLUMBIA, S.C.) - South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Ralph Scott Gunter, 58, of Lexington, S.C., and Albert Halloween Strickland, 56, of Lexington, S.C., on eight total charges connected to the sexual exploitation of minors. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Lexington County Sheriff's Department made the arrests in these unrelated cases. Investigators with the South Carolina Attorney General's Office, also a member of the state's ICAC Task Force, assisted with these investigations.



Investigators received CyberTipline reports from the National Center for ...