FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — Three people have each gotten 18+ year prison sentences in Fulton County for trafficking a 14-year-old girl, the Georgia Attorney General's Office announced on Monday.
Two of the people are also guilty in a DeKalb County case involving a 16-year-old victim, and have additional prison sentences there.
The victim in Fulton County, AG Chris Carr's Office said, was rescued in February 2021 after she'd been missing from the College Park area for seven weeks.
According to AG Carr's Office, 27-year-old Jahaundria Seabron, 23-year-old Courdale Thayer and 44-year-old Raphel Olivia Sewer were all convicted in the Fulton County case, each on charges including multiple counts of trafficking of persons for sexual servitude.
Seabron and Thayer were convicted on three such counts, Sewer on four. Sewer and Seabron were also convicted of first degree cruelty to children, while Thayer was convicted of additional counts of aggravated assault and false imprisonment.
Thayer was given the longest sentence - 20 years in prison, with another 20 years of probation to follow. Sewer and Seabron were given 18 years in prison with 12 years of probation to follow.
Seabron pleaded guilty earlier this year in the DeKalb case, getting 18 years in prison. Thayer later also pleaded guilty on July 6, getting 20 years in prison with 20 following years of probation. He pleaded guilty to four counts of trafficking a person for sexual servitude.
According to the AG's Office, the DeKalb and Fulton sentences for Seabron and Thayer will be served concurrently, meaning 18 years and 20 years in prison total rather than adding them up for 36 and 40 years.
“Two years ago, our Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit set out to rescue a 14-year-old girl who went missing from College Park and had become a victim of sex trafficking,” Carr said in a statement. “Our successful recovery of this young woman led not only to the arrest and indictment of multiple individuals but to the identification of another underage victim whose case involves two of these same defendants. This outcome is a testament to the resilience of our entire team as we continue our efforts to end the use and abuse of Georgia’s children.”
A case against a fourth person in Fulton County remains pending.