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Child sex crimes are rampant. “A wake-up call.”
By Ken Curtis
Published: Dec. 22, 2025 at 11:44 AM CST

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - If the allegations are true arrests this weekend send a message, and it’s a bad one.

...........First-degree human trafficking involves obtaining, recruiting, inducing, harboring, restraining, or transporting anyone, especially minors, for sexual or labor exploitation, or paying for sexual conduct with a minor.

Those arrested because of Operation Nutcracker include:

Jessie Kaleb Barefield. 24

Gregory Adam Lewis, 38

Timothy Delane Smith, 29

Emmitt Reed Jones, 40

Hunter Erik Bedsole, 20

Justin Westbrook 35


https://www.wtvy.com/2025/12/22/child-sex-crimes-are-rampant-wake-up-call/

Child sex crimes are rampant. “A wake-up call.”

Multiple agencies worked together on Operation Nutcracker, which netted seven men who were ready to pay for sex with a child, according to charging documents.

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