Lowcountry men arrested on child porn charges

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCSC) - The South Carolina Attorney General's Office says two men from the Lowcountry are facing a total of five charges in u...

August 29, 2023
2:12 AM

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCSC) - The South Carolina Attorney General's Office says two men from the Lowcountry are facing a total of five charges in unrelated cases stemming from child pornographic material. Robert Arthur Petit Sr., 78, of Mount Pleasant, is charged with four counts of third-degree sexual exploitation of a minor; and Frank Michael Jones Jr., 33, of Bonneau, is charged with one count of third-degree sexual exploitation of a minor. Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force investigators with the Mount Pleasant and Goose Creek Police Departments made the arrests after they received CyberTipline reports from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

Marissa Lute