COLUMBIA, S.C. – 60-year-old Alan Ayers of Rock Hill has been arrested and charged on five counts of sexual exploitation of minors, according to a news release.
The release states that a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children led investigators to Ayers and claim he possessed files of child sexual abuse material.
Ayers was arrested on July 23 and is facing up to ten years of imprisonment on each of the five counts he is being charged with, according to Attorney General Alan Wilson.