Autauga County Law Enforcement Charge 15 People with Child Sex Trafficking 

AUTAUGA COUNTY, Ala.  A total of 15 people is under arrest and charged after Autauga County authorities say they conducted a child sex trafficking operation.

Autauga County Chief Deputy Tom Allen said the sheriff’s office, with help from the Prattville Police Department, 19th Circuit District Attorney’s Office, Montgomery Police Department, U.S. Marshals Service and Covenant Rescue Group, conducted the operation from Nov. 21-22.

“Our goal was to catch and arrest child sex predators. We were successful in catching several individuals coming to our county to have sex with whom they believed to be a minor,” Allen said.

14 of the 15 are charged with first-degree human trafficking, traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act, and electronic solicitation of a child, according to the Autauga County district attorney’s office. The 15th suspect, Austin Gill, is only charged with traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act.

The DA’s office successfully sought to have those facing human trafficking charges held without bond under Alabama’s Aniah’s Law.

More charges are possible, the DA’s office said, based on the continuing investigation.

The defendants are identified as:

William Gary Denton – Millbrook

Aaron Blake Schofield – Lapine

Parrish Patton – Deatsville

Eric Levail Billups – Montgomery

Jefferson Andrews – Greenville

Horace O’Neal Cooper – Prattville

Christopher Cheatham – Montgomery

Michael Edward Martin – Autaugaville

Richard Terrones – Wetumpka

Joshua Guy Harp – Columbus, Georgia

Jaylen Ahjier Kennedy – Prattville

Michael Len Wright – Montgomery

Jeff Bozeman – Wetumpka

Ki-shawn Lasagius Quenzel Powell – Tuskegee

Austin Gill – Bainbridge, Georgia