Electronic Solicitation News Today

DOTHAN, Ala (WDHN) — A Pensacola man is behind bars in Houston County after investigators alleged he sent several explicit photos of himself to a Dothan child after a phone number mixup. Charles Micheal Schmaltz, of Pensacola, is charged with 11 counts of transmitting obscene material to a minor and one count of electronic solicitation […]

DOTHAN, Ala (WDHN) — Eleven men from three states were arrested over the past four days after an online sting operation revealed they were trying to meet juveniles for sex in Dothan, a Dothan Police Department press release revealed. According to Dothan Police Lt. Scott Owens, recently, Dothan Police Investigators, along with several other agencies, […]

Eleven men, most from the Wiregrass area, face a raft of human trafficking and other charges resulting from a cyber sting operation conducted by Dothan police and Covenant Rescue Group

Three of the nine men arrested in a human trafficking operation will be held in jail without bond, while two others have already bonded out after hearings this week.

The Limestone County Sheriff's Office has arrested nine men from across North Alabama after an undercover child exploitation sex trafficking operation.

The Limestone County Sheriff’s Office, Athens Police Department, and Covenant Rescue Group partnered to conduct an undercover operation, which resulted in the arrest of nine alleged sexual predators targeting children

The Limestone County Sheriff’s Office, Athens Police Department, and Covenant Rescue Group partnered to conduct an undercover operation, which resulted in the arrest of nine alleged sexual predators targeting children

Eight men were arrested during a child exploitation sting operation the Cullman Police Department Investigation Division and Tactical Unit conducted last week.

Two men received life sentences after pleading guilty to charges related to attempts to solicit children for sex.

The man acknowledged communicating with a 12-year-old, deputies said.