50-Years Sentence for a Lexington County Man for the Chronic Sexual Abuse of a Minor

Lexington, SC 11/21/2025 - Alan Rojas Santos, age 39, pled guilty on November 17, 2025, in Lexington County to Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor in the First Degree. The Honorable Brian Gibbons sentenced Santos to fifty (50) years in prison. Under South Carolina law, Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor in the First Degree is a violent and most serious offense. The charge is also a “no parole” offense and requires mandatory sex offender registry.

This case was prosecuted by Assistant Solicitor Whitney Taylor and investigated by the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department. This case was one of chronic and traumatic sexual abuse of a minor that will not be tolerated in Lexington County.

On October 23, 2024, the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department responded to a report of a sexual assault that had occurred in Lexington County.  Upon further investigation, the victim disclosed that Alan Rojas Santos began sexually abusing her at the age of eight. The abuse spanned for several years and he ultimately confessed. 

Santos has been transported to the South Carolina Department of Corrections to begin the immediate service of his sentence.