NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A jury found a man guilty of sexual crimes involving children.

Juan Marcos Cotto, 61, was sentenced for sexual conduct with a minor in July 2023.

A jury convicted Cotto of charges of second-degree attempted criminal sexual conduct with a minor and criminal solicitation of a minor, sheriff spokesperson Lexi Douglas said.

Charleston County Sheriff’s Office, a member of the South Carolina Attorney General’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, hosted a weeklong undercover chat operation involving officers from across the state. Douglas said Cotto began an online conversation with an undercover officer who was posing as a 13-year-old girl.

When he was aware of the child’s age, he continued to have a sexual conversation with the undercover officer and

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