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CSEC in College Park, Georgia (2011)

A CSEC case from 2011 in College Park, Georgia, United States.

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Documented on the original SlaveryMap (2008–2016). We don’t have a verifiable source on file yet. Know one?

What happened

On February 20, 2009, the Metro Atlanta Child Exploitation Task Force (“MATCH,”)established an undercover operation at a hotel in the Northern District of Georgia, for the purpose of rescuing minors being caused to engage in prostitution. An undercover task force officer made a date for sex with a girl based upon her advertisement found in the erotic services section of Craigslist. The girl, advertised as “Mya” and 19, who appeared naked in the advertisement, looked underage. Upon arriving at the hotel, “Mya” met with the undercover agent, made an offer of prostitution services, and was arrested. Investigators subsequently identified “Mya” as a 16-year-old child. The advertisement of “Mya” had been placed on the Internet website by another individual at the direction of Pressley. Pressleyknew that “Mya” was a minor, having known the child since she was 15 years old. In September 2008, Atlanta Police were called to Grady Hospital regarding a 17-year-old female who had come to the hospital for treatment. Investigation into the erotic services section of Craigslist.com revealed that beginning in April 2009, a photograph of this minor was located posting sexual services in Atlanta by Pressley. At the time of the postings, the girl was 17 years old.

Response and intervention

Pressley was sentenced to 17 years in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release and was ordered to undergo drug, alcohol, and sexual rehabilitation. This case was investigated by the MATCH Task Force, which is comprised of officers and special agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Atlanta Police Department, the Gwinnett County Police Department, the Sandy Springs Police Department, and the Marietta Police Department. Additional assistance in this case was provided by other officers of the Atlanta Police Department.Assistant United States Attorney Zahra S. Karinshak prosecuted the case. Pressley was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $60,400 to the victims.

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