{"id":40792,"date":"2025-09-10T18:00:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T22:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/2025\/09\/10\/union-man-charged-in-child-exploitation-online-group-behind-usc-swatting-hoax\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T18:00:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T22:00:56","slug":"union-man-charged-in-child-exploitation-online-group-behind-usc-swatting-hoax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/2025\/09\/10\/union-man-charged-in-child-exploitation-online-group-behind-usc-swatting-hoax\/","title":{"rendered":"Union Man Charged in Child Exploitation | Online Group Behind USC Swatting Hoax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g5nLNdZ7Eo4?cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\ud83d\udd39 A Union man, 55-year-old Michael Knox, is facing four counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. Investigators say he distributed child sexual abuse material. The arrest was prompted by an online tip, according to the South Carolina Attorney General&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd39 The AG also says an online group is responsible for the recent swatting hoax at the University of South Carolina. The August 24th incident falsely reported an active shooter, prompting a full campus lockdown for hours. Authorities now say the false report was traced to a group that admitted its actions in an interview.<\/p>\n<p>Also in this newscast:<br \/>\n&#8211; A woman shot outside a Spartanburg Walmart; her ex-boyfriend is the suspect<br \/>\n&#8211; A deputy-involved shooting on Bridgeford Lane in Spartanburg County<br \/>\n&#8211; A South Carolina state trooper injured during a traffic stop in Lexington County<br \/>\n&#8211; Veteran job fairs and hiring initiatives across the state<br \/>\n&#8211; Clemson launches a citywide smart water meter upgrade<br \/>\n&#8211; A controversial halftime comment at a high school football game sparks backlash<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udd39 A Union man, 55-year-old Michael Knox, is facing four counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. Investigators<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":40793,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15206],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upstate-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}