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LOWCOUNTRY MAN ACCUSED OF UPLOADING CHILD SEX ABUSE IMAGES TO THE INTERNET
December 11, 2020
Ray Rivera
Live 5 News
BEAUFORT COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) – Lowcountry deputies are seeking information after they arrested a man accused of uploading child sex abuse images to the internet.
The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office arrested 54-year-old Howard Earl Shappee of Bluffton on four counts of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor.
His arrest stems from an investigation which started when the sheriff’s office received information from the attorney general’s office Internet Crimes Against Children program regarding someone uploading child sexual abuse images to the internet from an electronic device in Beaufort