Undercover chat leads to 11 arrests in Georgia hotel child predator operation – FOX 5 Atlanta

Undercover chat leads to 11 arrests in Georgia hotel child predator operation  FOX 5 Atlanta

Investigators arrested 11 men during an Opelika hotel child predator sting conducted last Thursday and last Friday. OPELIKA, Ga. – Investigators arrested 11 men during an undercover child predator sting at an Opelika hotel last Thursday and last Friday. The Lee County Sheriff's Office joined forces with the Covenant Rescue Group, the Auburn Police Department, and the Opelika Police Department to execute a two-day sting operation targeting child predators at a local hotel in Opelika. Undercover officers chatted online with multiple men who arranged to travel to the hotel to have sex with a minor female. Deputies arrested 10 men and charged each with one count of child solicitation by computer, one count of traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act, and one count of prostitution with a minor: Officers booked all 10 men into the Lee County Detention Facility with bond set at $130,000 each.

A 20-year-old Auburn man faces additional charges. Deputies charged Treveontae Jamal Hutchinson with two counts of child solicitation by computer, two counts of traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act, and two counts of prostitution with a minor. Officers booked Hutchinson into the Lee County Detention Center on a $260,000 bond. Authorities have not released the specific name or location of the Opelika hotel where the arrests occurred.