Carr’s Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit Obtains Guilty Verdict in Minor Sex Trafficking Case in Clayton County
ATLANTA – A Clayton County man has been found guilty on four counts of Trafficking of Persons for Sexual Servitude and one count of Cruelty to Children in the First Degree, according to Attorney General Chris Carr.
Theodore Browne, Jr., 31, was found guilty on March 3 following a five-day jury trial in Clayton County. Browne is the fourth to be convicted involving one minor victim. Two buyers and one other seller are facing time in prison for their involvement. Browne will be sentenced on March 29.
“Theodore Browne, Jr. sold a young girl for sex, and now he is facing the consequences of his illegal actions,” said Carr. “This outcome follows years of work by our Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit as we continued to pour over every lead in our pursuit of justice for this victim. Let this serve as a lesson for those who seek to abuse and exploit Georgia’s children – you will be identified, vigorously pursued and aggressively prosecuted.”
Upon the creation of the Attorney General’s Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit in 2019, Chief Investigator Bryan Kimbell re-opened a case that had previously been closed by local jurisdictions and continued with the investigation.
This re-opened case involves the sexual exploitation of a 15-year-old female victim. During a forensic interview in 2019, the victim disclosed that she was sold for sex by Theodore Browne, Jr. and Christopher Weldon over a period of several months in 2018.
Evidence further showed that the victim was sexually trafficked out of two hotels in Clayton County, where Browne and Weldon rented rooms and arranged for buyers to purchase the underage victim for sex. This investigation resulted in the arrest and indictment of both Browne and Weldon in September…
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