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Aiken Man Arrested for Distributing Child Porn

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RogersAn Aiken man was charged Thursday with distributing child pornography over an online file-sharing network, authorities said.

Stephen Rodgers, 39, of Aiken, was charged with two counts of sexual exploitation of minors, according to a press release from S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson.

“Investigators state that Rodgers was involved in distributing child pornography via a file-sharing network,” the press release says.

The Aiken County Sheriff’s Office, a member of the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, made the arrest.  The Aiken Department of Public Safety, also a member of the ICAC Task Force, assisted in the case.

Rodgers faces up to 10 years imprisonment each if convicted of sexual exploitation of a minor. The case will be prosecuted by the Attorney General’s Office.

“Attorney General Wilson stressed all defendants are presumed innocent unless and until they are proven guilty in a court of law,” the press release says.

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Greg Rickabaugh
Greg Rickabaugh
Greg Rickabaugh is an award-winning crime reporter in the Augusta-Aiken area with experience writing for The Augusta Chronicle, The Augusta Press and serving as publisher of The Jail Report. Rickabaugh is a 1994 graduate of the University of South Carolina and has appeared on several crime documentaries on the Investigation Discovery channel.
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