Related News: Man charged with human trafficking after kidnapped girl escapes from Dothan hotel room

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The Dothan Police Department has arrested a man accused of kidnapping a girl and using her for drugs and sex.

Alonso Santiagito was taken into custody Friday after a concerned citizen called police to report that an underage female had escaped from a local hotel where she was being held captive by Santiagito.

Source: WSFA

Related News: Pimps hit social networks to recruit underage sex workers

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The fairy tale ended fast. Almost immediately after she arrived in Seattle, he dropped her off on a street where prostitutes troll for customers and told her she was going to “catch dates.”

Many would have run, but Nina says her deteriorating family life left her with a sense of desperation. She was smitten, and willing to do anything for the man she thought loved her. So she stayed.

Keeping the attention of her “boyfriend” required selling herself for sex, Nina learned. He was a pimp — and she was one of a growing number of women recruited on social networks for sex trafficking.

Source: CNN Money

Related News: 245 arrested in U.S.-led child sex abuse operation

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Washington (CNN) — An international operation led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement aimed at child pornography and sexual abuse has resulted in the arrest of 245 suspects, officials announced Thursday. All but 23 of the suspects were apprehended in the United States.

The agency said that during the course of Operation Sunflower, law enforcement officers identified 123 victims of child exploitation and removed 44 of those children from their alleged abusers with whom they were living. The other cases involved victims who were exploited by people outside their homes or children who were harmed years ago and are now adults.

Source: CNN

Related News: Two men charged with soliciting sex from minors

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Local authorities recently arrested two Wiregrass men on electronic solicitation and traveling to meet a child for sex charges as a result of separate investigations.

Court records show an Enterprise man faces four felony charges after investigators with the Houston County Sheriff’s Office arrested him on Tuesday. Investigators charged Roberto Paiz Bernaba, 30, of Dixie Drive, with traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act, electronic solicitation of a child for an unlawful sex act, second-degree rape and second-degree sodomy.

Source: Dothan Eagle

Related News: Trial date set for accused teacher

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TA trial date was set Tuesday for a former Williams Intermediate School teacher who is accused of the rape of a juvenile boy.

St. Clair County Circuit Court Judge Jim Hill tentatively set the trial for Heather Rich Whitten, 38, of Pell City, for August.

Whitten was indicted in February for second-degree rape after she allegedly had sexual intercourse with a juvenile male who was younger than 16 years old but older than 12 years old. She was also indicted for sodomy and for enticing a child for immoral purposes.

Source: St. Clair Times

Related News: Rehobeth High teacher placed on leave pending sex charges

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A Rehobeth High School teacher has been placed on administrative leave after Houston County Sheriff’s investigators charged him with having sex with a student.

Tim Pitchford, the superintendent for Houston County Schools, said he’s placed Robert Lee Michel on administrative leave after he was notified by Houston County Sheriff Andy Hughes of the pending felony charges filed against Michel.

Source: The Dothan Eagle

Related News: Fake Bieber accused of abusing girl online

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A CANADIAN man accused of posing as teen idol Justin Bieber and coaxing a young girl to perform sex acts online may have victims in up to five countries, authorities in Canada and the US say.

Source: News.com.au

Related News: Ex-Orange teacher’s plea: I traveled for child sex

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FRANKFORT, Ky. — A retired Orange County teacher has pleaded guilty to traveling to Kentucky to have sex with children.

Dale Chisena entered a plea Monday to one count of interstate travel to engage in sex with a person under 12 years of age.

Source: Orlando Sentinel