Two Aiken County men face sexual exploitation counts following cyber tip

Bianca Moorman, Aiken Standard, S.C.
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Jul. 20—Two Aiken County men are each facing sexual exploitation charges in separate cases following a cyber tip.

Daimarion Jadarius Coleman, 18, of Trenton, and Kevin Kenyatta Johnson, 27, of Gloverville were arrested and charged with five counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, according to a media release from the South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson's Office.

Investigators with the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and the Aiken County Sheriff's Office made the arrests in these unrelated cases, the release said.

The case was assisted by investigators from the Attorney General's Office, Homeland Security Investigations, and Aiken Department of Public Safety, all also members of the state's ICAC Task Force.

Investigators were led to Coleman and Johnson after investigators received a cybertipline report from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

Both men possessed files of child abuse materials, investigators said.

The felony offense is punishable by up to 10 years of imprisonment on each count and the case will be prosecuted by the Attorney General's Office.

On Jan. 9, 2022 an officer with the Aiken County Sheriff's Office received a tip from the South Carolina Attorney General's Office in reference to child sexual abuse material, according to a media release from the Aiken County Sheriff's Office.

According to Aiken County Sheriff's Office arrest warrants stated that Coleman and Johnson knew the character or content of the material, possessed material that contained a visual representation of minor engaging in sexual activity or appeared in a state of sexually explicit nudity when a reasonable person would infer the purpose is sexual stimulation.

The warrants state while investigators searched a Trenton residence, a cellphone was found in a vehicle belonging to Coleman that had several videos of minor victims in inappropriate acts.

Investigators stated they found a cellphone in Johnson's bedroom with explicit materials while executing a search warrant at a residence in Gloverville, an arrest warrant said. The cellphone contained several videos of minor victims in inappropriate acts.

Coleman admitted to posing the files, the warrant said.

Johnson was arrested July 13 and Coleman was arrested July 18.

Coleman and Johnson were each released on a $5,0000 personal recognizance bond, according to court records.