Stone Mountain man gets 25-year sentence for sex trafficking

ATLANTA – Attorney General Chris Carr has announced that Trayon Moore, 28, of Stone Mountain, has been convicted and sentenced to 25 years for trafficking a 16-year-old out of a hotel in Tucker, in February 2020.

The female was recovered by the Attorney General’s Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit in partnership with the U.S. Marshals Service and the DeKalb County Police Department. At the time of her recovery, she had been missing from the Cedartown area for approximately six weeks.

“Our Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit continues to hold accountable those who abuse and exploit our children for sex,” Carr said in a news release. “With each new conviction, we’re sending a strong message to buyers and sellers that you will be identified and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. We will never stop fighting to end human trafficking in our state.”

This case was investigated by the Attorney General’s Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit and the DeKalb County Police Department. It was prosecuted by Assistant Attorney General Chris Keegan.

On Feb. 16, Moore pleaded guilty to two counts of trafficking of persons for sexual servitude in violation of O.C.G.A. § 16-5-46(c), for the following acts:

— Knowingly harboring a person under the age of 18 years for the purpose of sexual servitude;

— Knowingly providing a person under the age of 18 years for the purpose of sexual servitude.

The defendant was sentenced to 25 years, with the first 15 to be served in prison and the remainder on strict probation. Moore also is required to register as a sex offender.

In 2019, with the support of Gov. Brian Kemp, First Lady Marty Kemp and leaders in the Georgia General Assembly, Carr created the first-of-its-kind statewide Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit.

Last year, the Attorney General’s Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit led and assisted 81 case investigations and rescued and assisted 129 victims. The unit has obtained 30 new convictions since January 2023.

The Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit has 38 defendants who are currently under indictment for sex or labor trafficking, with some facing charges in multiple jurisdictions around the state.

The Attorney General’s Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit is housed in the Prosecution Division, which also includes Carr’s Gang Prosecution Unit and his office’s Public Integrity and White Collar Crime Unit.