An Aurora firefighter has been arrested in an online child exploitation sting. Gary Joseph Hawkins, age 44, was booked into the Sevier County Jail on Jan. 29 , accused of possessing child sex abuse material and trying to arrange a meeting with an underage girl and her mother so they could start an "incest family."
The city of Amsterdam closed a home in Zuidoost due to suspicions of human trafficking. Municipal inspectors and the police followed an online prostitution ad to the home and found two women working there as sex workers in exploitative conditions. The municipal inspectors responded to the advertisement on a prostitution website and made an appointment for January 5. A “scantily dressed” woman opened the door when they arrived. They identified themselves as municipal inspectors and entered the home for inspection, according to the closure notice provided to NL Times.