Six arrested in Cumberland County human trafficking investigation
Detectives with the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office arrested six men Thursday in a human trafficking investigation dubbed "Operation Save Our Children 2015."
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Alexis Santon, 18, Randall Jerome Knapp, 41, James Daniel Bradford, 26, and Reginald Bateau, 32, all of Fayetteville, Charles Ray Moore, 50, of West End, and Roberto Carol Morales-Rivera, 30, of Lumberton are each charged with soliciting a minor child for the purpose of prostitution.
On Monday, in a separate human trafficking case, Derek Wayne McKoy, 25, was sentenced to a minimum of five and a half years in jail for prostituting a minor, authorities said. McKoy must also register under the North Carolina Sex Offender Registry for the next 30 years and was ordered to remain under a GPS monitoring system for two years following his release from prison,
“Operation Save Our Children 2015” is designed to identify and assist victims of human trafficking.
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