
Lexington Man Arrested on Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor and Related Charges
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of James Devan Martin (age 34), of Lexington, on three charges connected to the sexual exploitation of a minor. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department made the arrest.

Investigators state Martin solicited and engaged in criminal sexual conduct with a minor, and sent sexually explicit images to a minor.
Martin was arrested on June 26, 2025. He is charged with one count of criminal solicitation of a minor, a felony offense punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment; one count of criminal sexual conduct with a minor; and one count of dissemination of obscene material to a person under the age of eighteen, a felony offense punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment.
This case will be prosecuted by the Attorney General’s Office.
Attorney General Wilson stressed all defendants are presumed innocent unless and until they are proven guilty in a court of law.