CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) - A Hollywood 19-year-old is facing several charges related to the sexual abuse and exploitation of children.

Jaylin William Patton is charged with three counts of sexual exploitation of a minor in the second degree and one count in the third degree.

Detectives say these charges are over a series of incidents from March and April of this year, as well as one in October, in which Patton allegedly had and distributed files of children engaging in sexual and explicit acts with adults or one another.

Affidavits state these children were between 4 and 10 years old.

Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force members learned of Patton in July and traced the IP address associated with the distributed files back to Patton’s home.

Patton was arrested Thursday, ac

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