Westerville Man Charged For Allegedly Filming Sex Acts

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.—Myrtle Beach police have charged eight people with allegedly filming sex acts by the Myrtle Beach pier on Second Avenue.

Andrew Thomas Valenti, 20, of Chapel Hill, N.C.; Joseph Mark Flanders, 21, of Westerville, Ohio; William Andrew Gorrell, 27, of Winston-Salem, N.C.; Taylor McKenzie Hancock, 21, of Sante Fe, N.M.; Keenan John Jackson, 21, of Middleburg, Va.; Samuel Merritt Brown, 21, of Charlotte, N.C.; Dylan Curtis Conrad, 21, of Winston-Salem; and John Chamberlain Maynard, 22, of Winston-Salem, were charged with participation in preparation of obscene material.

On July 1, officers patrolling around the area of 200 North Ocean Blvd. responded to a report of indecent exposure on the beach.

The group of people, later arrested, was spotted recording a sex movie by the pier. Police say witnesses saw Hancock performing sexual acts with Flanders under the pier.

Witnesses told police they saw McKenzie fellating or simulating felation on Flanders, who had his shorts down, but was wearing boxer shorts.

The witnesses, however, told officers they did not see any nudity.

An investigation by Myrtle Beach police detectives into the recorded video tape showed the group was made up of students making a movie. Jackson was the producer; Conrad was the director of photography; Valenti a camera man; Maynard the sound technician; Gorell a gaffer, and Brown the key grip. Flanders and Hancock were acting in the movie.

A judge in Myrtle Beach Municipal Court set bail at $10,000 each.

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