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Sex Trafficking in Sandy Springs, Georgia (2009)

A sex trafficking case from 2009 in Sandy Springs, Georgia, United States. 1 source on file.

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What happened

Yes. The victims told police. Terry was busted through a police decoy he thought was going to be a 16 year old female. The story seen below can be found at: http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/child-predator-gets-20-460091.html Tuesday, April 13, 2010 Child predator gets 20 years for pimping girls By Alexis Stevens The Atlanta Journal-Constitution The 27-year-old man accused of pimping and raping a Sandy Springs teenage girl pleaded guilty on Tuesday. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison and must register as a sex offender. Johnathan Terry, of Miami, apparently met the 14-year-old in 2008 and began having sex with her, according to the Fulton County District Attorney's Office. Terry later manipulated the girl into various acts of prostitution in Fulton and DeKalb counties, according to the prosecution. In January 2009, the victim and another 14-year-old girl ran away from school and met Terry, who then pimped them out to several men and kept the money. The girls told police about the incident in May 2009, the DA's office said. Terry was arrested on May 26, 2009, after he tried to meet a police decoy, whom Terry believed to be a 16-year-old girl. Shortly after a jury was seated Tuesday, Johnathan Terry pleaded guilty to various sex crimes, including child molestation, statutory rape, pimping, pandering, enticing a child for indecent purposes and felony reckless conduct. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Henry Newkirk sentenced Terry to 20 years in prison, according to the DA's office.

Response and intervention

Police arrested Terry on May 26, 2009. He recently plead guilty to multiple related charges, including pimping and pandering, child molestation, and statutory rape, felony reckless conduct, and enticing a child for indecent purposes. He plead guilty and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. The victim will receive victim compensation. No other information is mentioned about recovery services.

CSEC2008

Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 2008

United States US

The arrests were made as part of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. All three men were indicted in January 2004 on multiple charges of conspiracy, sex trafficking, importing and harboring aliens for the purpose of prostitution, alien smuggling, and interstate transportation of illegal aliens. Jose and Juan Rojas pleaded guilty. Jose was sentenced to 57 months in prison and three years supervised release. Juan was sentenced to 71 months in prison and three years supervised release. Raul remains a fugitive.

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CSEC2011

Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 2011

United States US

Mariece Chevalia Sims and Dwayne B. Thigpen abducted a 16-year-old from Arkansas and forced her into prostitution in Texarkana, Arkansas; Gulfport, Mississippi; and Atlanta, Georgia. Sims and Thigpen sexually assaulted and continually threatened the victim. Sims and Thigpen were charged with kidnapping; transportation of minors with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity. Thigpen pled guilty to one count of transportation with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity. Sims was found guilty at trial of kidnapping; forced labor; sex trafficking of children; and transportation with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity. Thigpen was sentenced to 5 years in prison and five years supervised release. Sims was sentenced to life in prison; five years supervised release, and was ordered to pay $500.00 in fines.

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CSEC2011

Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 2011

United States US

case was investigated by the FBI’s Innocence Lost initiative with the Department of Justice’s Child Exploitation-Obscenity Section and National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

Needs a sourceArchive 2008–2016