Photo: SC Attorney General's Office   COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)– Attorney General Alan Wilson has announced that after a three-day trial, a Lexington County jury found a man guilty of criminal solicitation of a minor and attempted sexual exploitation of a minor, first degree. A judge sentenced Mark Frick, 57, to 10 years in prison on the attempted sexual exploitation charge and four years on the solicitation charge, according to the AG’s Office. Officials said those sentences will run consecutively for a total sentence of 14 years in prison, and he will have to register as a sex offender upon his release. The investigation of Frick began in August of 2021 when the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department hosted an undercover chat operation in Lexington County involving members of the SC Attorney General’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. Investigators said a detective from the Mount Pleasant Police and a task force member created an online persona of a 14-year-old girl on a social media site. Frick began a conversation with the persona and acknowledged her age, according to officials. He is accused of also continuing to message the persona and made plans to meet for a sexual encounter. Frick was taken into custody upon arriving at a predetermined location to meet the 14-year-old persona. A special investigator with the SC Attorney General’s Office interviewed Frick, who confessed to attempting to meet the persona. Categories: Lexington, Local News Tags: Attorney General’s Office, SC Attorney General Alan Wilson, South Carolina Attorney General’s Office ...read more read less