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14-year-old pulled over for traffic, Butts County Sheriff promises more arrests
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14-year-old pulled over for traffic, Butts County Sheriff promises more arrests

Butts County Sheriff Gary Long promises more arrests in disturbing case of a 14-year-old girl who investigators say was lured away from her for the purpose of human trafficking. Two men have already been charged in the case.

The sheriff says the case began with the arrest of Thomas Bonner, 24, of Clayton County. After the girl disappeared early the morning after Halloween, they say they learned Bonner allegedly paid for an Uber ride from her home in Butts County to his home. Long says that when they searched her home, the child was in the act of being sexually assaulted.

Then last Friday, the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team served an arrest warrant on another suspect in the case. They say Dylan Jattan, 33, and Bonner are charged with human trafficking and child molestation, along with other child sex charges.

Long says his department plans to reveal which online sites and apps parents must monitor.

Sheriff Long says when the girl first went missing, he was angry with people in the community for victim shaming the child. In several social media posts, he has been outspoken in his defense of her, as well as his outrage at those accused of molesting her and trying to traffic her with others.