Warrenville man charged with sexual exploitation of a minor

Lindsey Hodges, Aiken Standard, S.C.

May 12—A Warrenville man has been charged with five counts of sexual exploitation of a minor in the third degree.

Arrest reports from the Aiken County detention center show Jacob Steven Sturgell, 34, was arrested by the Aiken County Sheriff's Office on Tuesday. He is still in the detention center.

The Sheriff's Office provided five arrest warrants for Sturgell that state he possessed child sex abuse material, and a report provided by the agency lists the incident type as "child pornography."

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