By Delayna Earley and Mike McCombs
The Island News
Bond was set Tuesday, July 23, for Guy Frank Talley III, 27, of Okatie, and Alban Bryan, 63, of St. Helena Island, two of the three men arrested locally in connection with a sex trafficking ring.
According to public records, both bond hearings were presided over by Judge G. Morgan.
Bryan received a $100,000 surety bond with GPS monitoring and house detention, according to Erinn McGuire, Community Relations Liaison with the 14th Circuit Solicitor’s Office.
She said that he may only leave his home for work, legal or medical appointments.
Talley also received a $100,000 surety bond with GPS monitoring and house detention and can only leave for work, legal or medical appointments.
As of Tuesday afternoon, public records showed both men as still being incarcerated in the Beaufort County Detention Center.
In addition to the three charges previously brought against Talley for Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, a fourth charge was brought against Talley on July 19 for Harboring or Employing an Escaped Convict.
Talley received a $10,000 surety bond for that charge as well.
William James Youmans, 34, of Beaufort, was scheduled to appear in bond court on Wednesday, July 24.
A preliminary hearing for Youmans and Bryan, originally scheduled for July 19, was continued because the arresting South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) officer, Special Agent Logan B. Fey, was executing a “related warrant” in Savannah according to prosecutor Hunter Swanson with the 14th Circuit Solicitor’s Office.
Youmans and Bryan have had their preliminary hearings rescheduled for August 2 according to public documents.
Talley, who was scheduled to have his preliminary hearing on July 26, has also had his hearing continued.
There has not been a rescheduled date posted to public court documents as of Tuesday evening.
All three men are charged with Trafficking in Persons, Victim Under 18 Years of Age.
Bryan and Youmans have also been charged with Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor.
Delayna Earley, who joined The Island News in 2022, formerly worked as a photojournalist for The Island Packet/The Beaufort Gazette, as well as newspapers in Indiana and Virginia. She can be reached at delayna.theislandnews@gmail.com.
Mike McCombs is the editor of The Island News and can be reached at TheIslandNews@gmail.com.
