Upstate men arrested on sexual, child abuse material charges

SOUTH CAROLINA (WSPA) – The South Carolina Attorney General’s Office announced the arrest of two men on 12 total charges connected to minor sexual exploitation.

Task Force investigators with the Internet Crimes Against Children made the arrests with the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office and the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office in these unrelated cases.

Investigators received a CyberTipline report from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which led them to 56-year-old Grant Neth Herman, of Taylors, and 27-year-old Brett Kenneth Willis, of Easley.

Investigators stated Herman distributed and possessed files of child sexual abuse material and Willis possessed files of child sexual abuse material.

Herman was arrested on August 8 and is charged with one count of sexual exploitation of a minor, second degree, and one count of sexual exploitation of a minor, third degree.

Willis was arrested on Wednesday and is charged with 10 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, third degree.

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