During the past week, the FBI Atlanta Field Office, along with its Macon, Augusta, and Savannah Resident Agencies and their associated Child Exploitation Task Forces, conducted law enforcement operations in support of Operation Cross Country VIII to address commercial child sex trafficking throughout the United States.
The operation included enforcement actions in and around Atlanta, Macon, Augusta, and Savannah and led to 11 recoveries of juveniles who were being victimized through prostitution or other computer-based exploitation.
Additionally, 71 individuals were arrested on various state charges to include pimping, criminal attempt child molestation/enticement of a minor, prostitution, and solicitation.
Those arrested during this past week’s operation are as follows:
Bobby Oneal Negri, Jr., age 47, of Powder Springs, GA - Criminal Attempt Child Molestation/Enticement
Keith Brown, age 51, of Stone Mountain, GA – Criminal Attempt Child Molestation/Enticement
Johnathan Bradford, age 43, of Stone Mountain, GA – Criminal Attempt Child Molestation/Enticement
Timothy Kimball, age 28, of Beaufort, S.C. – Enticing a Child for Indecent Purposes
Justin Turner, age 26, Rochester, N.Y. – Enticing a Child for Indecent Purposes
Jerald Hammond, age 34, of Ridgeland, S.C. – Enticing a Child for Indecent Purposes
Joseph Lee Dickerson, age 30, of Martinez, GA – Attempted Child Molestation
Alan Keith Lee, age 24, of Grovetown, GA – Attempted Child Molestation
Gary Lee Jump, Jr., age 28, of Dearing, GA – Attempted Child Molestation
Jammie Wade Coleman, age 34, of Centerville, GA- Online Enticement of a Minor
Andrew Novak, age 30, of Marietta, GA – Interstate Interference with Custody
Jonathan Lyons, age 24, of Decatur – Pimping
Darryl Carlisle, age 27, of Atlanta, GA – Pimping
Danny Lamar Wilcox, age 25, hometown unknown - Pimping
Byron Wilson, age 28, of Covington, GA – Keeping a Place of Prostitution
Natasha Hardy, age 22, of Decatur, GA – Contributing to Deprivation of a Minor
Antonio Bowman, age 29, of Hinesville, GA – Pimping
Karl Hudnall, age 48, of Riverdale, GA – Pimping
Altameese Nikkole Casen, age 30, of unknown – Pimping
Muhamad Vasser, age 28, of unknown - Pimping
Raymond Chapman, age 33, of unknown – Pimping
Branden Peterson, age 21, of St. Louis, MO – Keeping Place of Prostitution
Linda Raines, age 25, of Chattanooga, TN – Loitering
Tenisa Farmer, age 30, of Jasper, TN – Loitering
Regina Robinson, age 38, of unknown – Loitering for Sex
Cedarius Gilberts, age 21, of Fayetteville, GA – Solicitation
Britley Prather, age 21, of Manchester, GA – Solicitation
Nicole Bozeman, age 26, of Decatur, GA – Solicitation
Emmanuella Dubuche, age 24, of Atlanta, GA - Solicitation
Derrick Eugene Corporal, age 26, hometown unk. – Possession of Narcotics
Teronica Few, age 20, of unknown – Prostitution
Kara Brown, age 24, of unknown – Prostitution
Ronika Norwood, age 20, of unknown – Prostitution
Lakesha White, age 20, of unknown – Prostitution
Nakosha White, age 21, of unknown - Prostitution
Tarah Casandra Ellis, age 34, of Flowery Branch, GA – Prostitution
Kayla Knight, age 20, of Norcross, GA – Prostitution
Christin Randolph, age 18, of Chattanooga, TN – Prostitution
Brittany Wright, age 22, of Champaign, IL – Prostitution
Ashley Paden, age 24, of Marietta, GA – Prostitution
Alexis Seals, age 26, of Decatur, GA – Prostitution
Sheronna Phillips, age 26, of Marietta, GA – Prostitution
Monique Woods, age 21, of Atlanta, GA – Prostitution
Jennifer Lauren Smith, age 30, of Atlanta, GA – Prostitution
Felicia Clark, age 24, of Chattanooga, TN – Prostitution
Keira Hudson, age 23, of Decatur, GA – Prostitution
Jessica Smart, age 19, of unknown – Prostitution
Jamyah Adams, age 18, of St. Louis, MO – Prostitution
Joanna Thomas, age 29, of unknown – Prostitution
Shanna Williams, age 28, of Atlanta, GA – Prostitution
Shana Gutzmore, age 20, of unknown – Prostitution
Joy Martin, age 21, of Thomasville, GA – Prostitution
Aisha Nicole Greenlee, age 23, of Williamston, S.C.- Prostitution
Aleysa Brooks, age 20, of Riverdale, GA – Prostitution
Alexis Christian, age 18, of Covington, GA – Prostitution
Shidira Peterkin, age 19, of Athens, GA – Prostitution
Sharita Jackson, age 23, of Riverdale, GA – Prostitution
Brittany Moore, age 20, of Morrow, GA – Prostitution
Monique Long, age 27, of Forest Park, GA – Prostitution
T’ore Tigner, age 19, of Decatur, GA - Prostitution
Saneitra Jackson, age 18, of Decatur, GA – Prostitution
Akia Johnson, age 20 of Riverdale, GA - Prostitution
Lashaunda Collins, age 29, of Hinesville, GA – Prostitution
Diamond Gardener, age 23, of Akron, OH – Prostitution
Sarah Holland, age 29, of Tampa, FL – Prostitution
Robin Hudson, age 24, of Hinesville, GA – Prostitution
Ashley Cole, age 21, of Hinesville, GA – Prostitution
Bertenia Jo Dial-Brown, age 33, of Columbia, S.C.- Prostitution
Laura Marie Campbell, age 29, homeless - Prostitution
Alesha Lorraine Ericson, age 30, homeless – Prostitution
Jamine Lakeisha Salletette, age 23, of unknown – Outstanding warrant/Contempt of Court
Operation Cross Country is part of the Innocence Lost National Initiative that was established in 2003 by the FBI’s Criminal Investigative Division, in partnership with the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, to address the growing problem of child prostitution.
To date, the FBI and its task force partners have recovered more than 3,400 children from being exploited. The investigations and subsequent 1,450 convictions have resulted in lengthy sentences, including 14 life terms.
These FBI-led task force operations usually begin as local enforcement actions that target truck stops, casinos, street “tracks,” and websites that advertise dating or escort services, based on intelligence gathered by officers working in their respective jurisdictions.
Initial arrests are often violations of local and state laws relating to prostitution or solicitation. Information gleaned from those arrested frequently uncovers organized efforts to prostitute women and children across many states.
FBI agents further develop this evidence in partnership with the U.S. Attorney’s Offices and the U.S. Department of Justice’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section so that prosecutors can help bring federal charges in those cities where child prostitution occurs.
The FBI Atlanta Office thanks its law enforcement partners participating in Operation Cross Country VIII and their ongoing enforcement efforts regarding child exploitation matters. Those agencies include: Marietta PD, Department of Juvenile Justice, Cobb County PD, Cobb County District Attorney’s Office, Atlanta PD, Fulton County District Attorney’s Office, Gwinnett PD, Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office , Dekalb County PD, Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office, Hapeville PD, Clayton County PD, Clayton County Sheriff’s Office, Clayton County District Attorney’s Office, Clayton County Solicitor’s Office, Sandy Springs PD, Smyrna PD, Alpharetta PD, U.S. Attorney’s Office/Northern District of Georgia, Bibb County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Unit (SIU), Columbia County Sheriff’s Office, Richmond County Sheriff’s Office, Pooler PD, Effingham County Sheriff’s Office, Liberty County Sheriff’s Office, Hinesville PD, Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Georgia State Pardons and Parole, and the Georgia Department of Family and Children’s Services.
The FBI would also like to acknowledge and thank those non-government organizations for their contributions and assistance: Georgia Cares, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, and the Rainbow House.
The public should be reminded that the above are merely allegations and that all persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
