A Gwinnett County man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison on two counts of human trafficking in a case involving a 14-year-old girl.
Devonta Alexander Williams will serve 15 of those years in prison, according to a press release from the Georgia Department of Law. He will also be listed on the sex offender registry.
“Thanks to the collaborative efforts of our Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit and the GBI, another trafficker is off the streets and will spend years behind bars for selling a 14-year-old for sex,” Attorney General Chris Carr said in a press release.
Williams sexually trafficked the 14-year-old female victim out of a hotel in Gwinnett County in May 2018. An investigation by the GBI revealed that Williams advertised the underage victim for sex on escort websites and kept the monetary proceeds from the sexual transactions.
Carr said that this conviction is the latest in the fight to end human trafficking in Georgia.
“We want to send a strong message to those involved in this horrific industry in our state – you will be stopped and held responsible for your criminal acts,” Carr said.
With this latest conviction, the Attorney General’s Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit has obtained two guilty pleas and two 25-year-sentences in less than a month.
“Child sex trafficking is one of the lowest forms of exploitation,” GBI Assistant Director John Melvin said in a press release.
He said that the guilty plea shows the diligent work of the GBI’s Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes Unit and the prosecutorial team at the Georgia Attorney General’s Office.
“Our agency remains committed to working with the AG’s Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit to hold these criminals accountable,” Melvin said.
This case was prosecuted by Assistant Attorney General Whitney Reeves of the Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit and investigated by Special Agent Haylee Peacock of the GBI.
