With holidays on both sides of the court schedule, Monroe County Criminal Court sandwiched both November and December hearings into a two week period, hearing guilty pleas and handing down
6 Men Arrested, Charged In Monroe County Human Trafficking Operation Tuesday, June 1, 2021
Joshua James Thomas
A two-day undercover operation by special agents with the TBI’s Human Trafficking Unit, the Sweetwater Police Department, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, the 10th Judicial District Drug & Violent Crime Task Force, Homeland Security Investigations, and the office of 10th District Attorney General Steve Crump has resulted in the arrest of several men accused of seeking illicit sex from minors.
Over a two-day period beginning May 26, as part of an undercover investigation aimed at addressed human trafficking in the region, authorities placed several decoy advertisements known to be linked to prostitution and commercial sex cases. As a result of the operation, authorities arrested the following men and booked them into the Monroe County Jail.