CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A federal jury returned a nine-count indictment on four men with several sex trafficking charges.

Jaquan Duvall Barnes, 30, of Port Royal and William James Youmans, 35, of Beaufort, were charged with human trafficking conspiracy, sex trafficking of a minor, distribution and receipt of child sexual abuse material, and coercion and enticement of a minor.

Guy Frank Talley, 28, of Beaufort, was charged with coercion and enticement of a minor and Alban Bryan, 64, of Saint Helena Island, was charged with sex trafficking of a minor, distribution and receipt of child sexual abuse material, and coercion and enticement of a minor.

The indictment states that between December 2023 and January 2024, Bryan allegedly recruited, enticed, harbored, coerced and trafficked a miss

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