Summerville man arrested for sexual exploitation of a minor, related charges

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) — South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson has announced that a Summerville man has been arrested for multiple charges related to sexual exploitation of a minor.

Terrell Lee Claggion, 23, was arrested on Dec. 9 and is charged with three counts of criminal solicitation of a minor, a felony offense punishable by up to 10 years in prison on each count, two counts of first-degree sexual exploitation of a minor, a felony offense punishable by up to 20 years in prison on each count, and one count of dissemination of obscene material to a person under the age of 12, a felony offense punishable by up to 15 years in prison, according to the attorney general’s office.

Investigators say that Claggion solicited a minor for sex, encouraged them to produce child sexual abuse material and sent sexually explicit images to the minor.

Claggion was arrested by the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force with the Summerville Police Department. This case was assisted by the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office, St. Francis Sheriff’s Office, Deslodge Police Department and Pennsylvania State Police.

The attorney general’s office is prosecuting this case.