Honk News (Opelika, AL) – Authorities in east Alabama have taken eleven men into custody following a significant operation targeting child exploitation.
On Thursday, the Opelika Police Department reported the arrest of six individuals, followed by five more arrests on Friday.
The arrests are:
40-year-old Courtney Rashad Avery was arrested for child solicitation by computer and traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act.
• 43-year-old Grant Kisang Lee was arrested for prostitution with a minor, child solicitation by computer, and traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act.
• 21-year-old Ismel Cano Montealegre was arrested for prostitution with a minor, child solicitation by computer, and traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act.
• 27-year-old Victor Lewis Dowdell II was arrested for prostitution with a minor, child solicitation by computer, and traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act.
• 25-year-old Javier Perez was arrested for prostitution with a minor, child solicitation by computer, and traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act.
• 23-year-old Jacob Andrew Fahringer was arrested for Prostitution with a Minor, Child Solicitation by computer, and traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act.
• 27-year-old Arnulfo Diaz-Alvarado was arrested for prostitution with a minor, child solicitation by computer, and traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act.
Authorities in Opelika reported collaboration with the Lee County District Attorney’s Office, Homeland Security, and Covenant Rescue Group, a nonprofit dedicated to assisting victims of human trafficking, in their ongoing investigation.
If you have any details related to this case, please reach out to the Opelika Police Department at 334-705-5220.