COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - The South Carolina Attorney General’s Office says a North Charleston man faces multiple charges connected with possessing explicit images involving children.

Arturo Vega Cruzado, 43, is charged with six counts of third-degree sexual exploitation of a minor, Attorney General’s Office spokesperson Robert Kittle said. Each count is a felony that carries a prison sentence of up to 10 years if he is convicted.

Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force investigators with the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office arrested Vega Cruzado on Thursday.

Investigators say Vega Cruzado possessed files of child sexual abuse material, a term used in place of child pornography because investigators say child sexual abuse material more accurately reflects the heinous and abusive cri

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