Georgia Police Discover Sex Trafficking Operation in Home, Rescue Multiple Victims
by WGXA Digital News Staff | Friday, May 8th, 2020
SOUTH FULTON, Ga. -- Police in South Fulton says a sex trafficking operation was discovered in a local home this week. According to the City of South Fulton Police Department, on May 7 officers arrested the suspects and recovered three victims in a home believed to be involved in a sex trafficking ring.SFPD and College Park police conducted Thursday's investigation. The suspects -- identified as Eron McCray, Tanatrious Magee, and Antonio Magee -- fled from a stolen U-Haul into an abandoned home, where they and the victims were discovered.
Police learned the victims -- an adult and a juvenile female -- had been forced into sex trafficking in the area. Officers also located illegal drugs and stolen property, according to SFPD. The suspects are Eron McCray, Tanatrious Magee, and Antonio Magee.McCray is charged with two counts of human trafficking, child pornography, rape, aggravated sexual battery, pandering, two counts of pimping, and pandering by compulsion. Tanatrious Magee is charged with possession of MDMA with intent to distribute, possession of a firearm while committing a felony, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and theft by receiving stolen property. Antonio Magee is charged with possession of MDMA with intent to distribute."The Atlanta Metropolitan area is a top destination for human traffickers in this country, the South Fulton Police Department will do our part to identify and arrest these individuals. The three men arrested in connection with the trafficking and drug activity will serve as an example of what happens when you come into the City of South Fulton attempting to victimize our young people. Two young women were saved from a life of misery," said Police Chief Keith Meadows.