WETUMPKA, Ala. (WSFA) – Nine suspects are under arrest as part of an undercover child exploitation operation, according to the Wetumpka Police Department.
WPD said it partnered with the Covenant Rescue Group as part of the operation, which included help from the Elmore County District Attorney’s Office, Autuaga County Sheriff’s Office, and Eclectic Police Department.
In total, nine suspects were arrested as part of a multi-day undercover operation. Those arrested include:
- Whitley J. Brown, 32,of Montgomery
- Contravious J. Jackson, 19, of Elmore
- Miguel Tello Lugo, 28, of Opelika
- Tyrone L. Dabney, 31, of Montgomery
- Jacarlo B. Abner, 40, of Montgomery
- Ryan David Wilson, 27, of Atlanta, GA
- Demario Nicholson, 35, of Pine Hill
- Errick B. Smith, 35, of Montgomery
- Willie N. Watts, 37, of Montgomery
Each defendant is now charged with human trafficking, traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act and electronic solicitation of a child and is being held without bond at the Elmore County Jail.
According to Wetumpka police, the investigation involved the suspects engaging in online communications with people they believed were minors. They were arrested by law enforcement after arranging to meet for illicit purposes, WPD said…