Lowcountry Babysitter Indicted for Child Sex Crimes

CHARLESTON, S.C. — A federal grand jury in Florence returned a 10-count indictment against Brandon Brill, 26, of Berkeley County, for production and attempted production of child sexual abuse material and coercion and enticement of minors.*

The indictment alleges that Brill was a nanny and childcare provider in the District of South Carolina. From as early as June 2023 until his arrest on various state charges in February 2025, Brill used his position of trust and access to children to exploit at least six minor victims. Brill would regularly invite the children he cared for and/or who lived in the same neighborhood as him over to his house to play video games and have sleepovers. Further, Brill would use the minors he had access to by virtue of his position as a nanny and childcare provider to gain access to additional minors. Brill faces a maximum penalty of life in prison.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the U.S. Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals, who sexually exploit children, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit http://www.justice.gov/psc.

The case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations, the Mount Pleasant Police Department, and the Moncks Corner Police Department.  Assistant U.S. Attorney Amy Bower is prosecuting the case. 

All charges in the indictment are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

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* The term “child pornography” is currently used in federal statutes and is defined as any visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct involving a person less than 18 years old. While this phrase still appears in federal law, “child sexual abuse material” is preferred, as it better reflects the abuse that is depicted in the images and videos and the resulting trauma to the child. The Associated Press Stylebook also discourages the use of the phrase “child pornography.”