ATLANTA, GA – 30-year-old Dionte Johnson has been indicted with two counts of Trafficking of Persons for Sexual Servitude, according to Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr. Johnson previously worked as as a clerk at the Economy Hotel in Fulton County. Carr says the hotel is where these acts allegedly occurred.
“Working with our partners at the GBI, we are using all resources at our disposal to identify and hold accountable every person who engaged in the trafficking of this underage victim,” said Carr.
“Selling minors for sex will not be tolerated,” said GBI Director Mike Register. “Our HEAT Unit is dedicated to investigating sex and labor trafficking around the state. We are thankful to partner with the Attorney General’s Office as they prosecute these heinous crimes and bring justice to vulnerable victims.”
Five other men have already been indicted in Fulton and Cherokee counties, In addition to Dionte Johnson.
Dionte Johnson Indictment
Carr said the Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit found evidence to suggest that a hotel clerk helped traffic a 16-year-old female victim. Johnson allegedly provided the rooms in which the trafficking occurred. He also allegedly solicited the victim for sex.
The Attorney General’s Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit presented evidence to a Fulton County Grand Jury, resulting in Dionte Johnson’s indictment* on March 20, 2023.
How it happened
The 16-year-old female was located in the passenger seat on Dec. 18, 2021, during a traffic stop on a vehicle driven by Mark Thomas in Cherokee County. She said Mark Thomas sold her for sex beginning in September 2021 when she was 15 years old.
Carr said Mark Thomas drove the victim to Woodstock, Georgia. She was sold to Jose Medina Dominguez and Cesar Juarez Oaxaca. Mark Thomas, Jose Medina Dominguez and Cesar Juarez Oaxaca were indicted on Oct. 10, 2022.
Johnson allegedly assisted Mark Thomas. He allegedly received some financial proceeds from the sale of the underage victim.
Carr’s office says, “Members of the public should keep in mind that indictments contain only allegations against the individual against whom the indictment is sought. A defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty, and it will be the government’s burden at trial to prove the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of the allegations contained in the indictment.”
