Indian-origin man among 12 arrested in US in child exploitation sting, they traveled to Cherokee to have sex with 14-year-old

Indian-origin Sudhakar Gogireddy is among the 12 males arrested in Georgia in a child exploitation sting operation.

12 males had been arrested in Georgia’s Cherokee County in a three-day multi-agency sting operation when these males traveled to Cherokee County with the alleged intent to have sex with somebody they believed was a 14-year-old. 11 of them had been arrested from the Cherokee County whereas one other man was arrested at his house on child pornography fees. One of the 12 males is 34-year-old Sudhakar Gogireddy, believed to be of Indian origin. Gogireddy, who stays in Georgia’s Alpharetta, faces a number of felony fees, together with trafficking an individual for sexual servitude, use of a pc to seduce, solicit, lure or entice a child to commit an unlawful act, and legal try. According to the sheriff’s workplace, Gogireddy is on maintain for ICE and is presently being held with out bond.

Operation Phantom Whisper

The arrests had been a part of Operation Phantom Whisper in which a number of businesses took half — Cherokee Sheriff’s Office, Homeland Security Investigations- Atlanta, Gwinnett County Police, Cobb County Sheriff’s Office, Grovetown Police Department, and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Investigators posed on-line as underage ladies, organized meetups and arrested the suspects upon arrival. “The safety and well-being of our children has always been and will always be a top priority,” stated Cherokee County Sheriff Frank Reynolds. “The arrests of these individuals send a strong message that we will not tolerate those who prey on our most vulnerable population.”Apart from Gogireddy, the opposite arrested are Niyell McKindley, Jonathan Wayne Brian Bracket, Daylon Emil Figueroa, Jonathan Torres Nunez, Nicholas Ryan Robinson, Steven A Davis, Kenneth Soto-Jaimes, Jose Fernando Salgado, Michael Vang, Timothy Morice Drawdy and Hunter William Bowman-Daniel