HARDEEVILLE, SC. (WTOC) - A federal grand jury has indicted four men in an on-going sex trafficking investigation out of Beaufort and Jasper counties.

30-year-old Jaquan Duvall Barnes, 35-year-old face William James Youmans, 28-year-old Guy Frank Talley and 64-year-old Alban Bryan face multiple charges including human trafficking conspiracy and sex trafficking of a minor.

According to the indictment, the victim was a runaway minor, who was exploited from December 2023 to March 2024.

The men are accused of trafficking the minor, distributing child sexual abuse material, and profiting from commercial sex acts.

If convicted each faces 10 years to life in federal prison.

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