A man vacationing in Myrtle Beach is facing two felony charges after police say he uploaded child sexual abuse material to his Google account during his trip. Cutis Sellers now faces two counts of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor, according to Horry County investigators.
According to WMBF, Sellers reportedly uploaded the material to his Google account while he was staying in Myrtle Beach. The Horry County Police Department said the discovery led investigators down an unexpected path once they began digging into Sellers' background.
A Registered Offender Traced Back to Memphis
During their investigation, HCPD said they learned Sellers was already a registered sex offender out of Memphis, Tennessee. That detail reshaped the scope of the case, sending Horry County investigators far outside their own jurisdiction to follow up on what they'd found.
Police traveled to Tennessee after the alleged upload was identified, coordinating with the Memphis Police Department before executing warrants at Sellers' Tennessee residence, per the same account from HCPD. The interstate coordination underscores how quickly a case that began with a single flagged upload in a beach town expanded into a multi-state law enforcement effort.
Part of a Surging National Problem
Cases like this one are unfolding against the backdrop of a national reporting system that is increasingly overwhelmed. The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children says child sexual abuse material remains the largest reporting category for its CyberTipline, according to missingkids.org.
In 2025 alone, reports to the CyberTipline from electronic service providers contained 61.8 million images, videos and other files tied to child sexual exploitation incidents, missingkids.org reports. The organization said it identified and escalated more than 53,000 of those reports as urgent or involving a child in imminent danger, and noted that reports related to child sex trafficking jumped 323% compared with the previous year.
No further details on Sellers' case status, court proceedings, or the specific evidence underlying the charges have been released.
