Attorney General Chris Carr announced the conviction and sentencing of Christopher Price, 36, from Stone Mountain, for trafficking a 16-year-old female in DeKalb County. The victim had been missing from Cedartown for approximately six weeks before being recovered by the Attorney General’s Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit and the U.S. Marshals Service in March 2020. Investigations revealed that the victim had been trafficked out of a hotel in Tucker, Georgia, throughout February 2020.
Price is the second individual convicted of trafficking this underage victim, following Trayon Moore's guilty plea in February 2024.
“This latest conviction demonstrates the strength of our Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit and the success we’re able to achieve by working with all levels of law enforcement to protect our most vulnerable Georgians,” said Carr. “Once we have recovered a victim, we won’t stop fighting until every one of their traffickers is off the streets and held fully accountable for their actions. We will continue to send a message that Georgia’s children are not for sale.”
The case was investigated by the Attorney General’s Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit, the U.S. Marshals Service, and the DeKalb County Police Department. Assistant Attorney General Christopher Keegan prosecuted it.
On May 22, 2024, Christopher Price pleaded guilty to two counts of Trafficking of Persons for Sexual Servitude in violation of O.C.G.A. § 16-5-46(c). He was sentenced to 30 years, with the first 17 years to be served in prison and the remainder on strict probation. Price will also be required to register as a sex offender.
In 2019, with support from Governor Brian Kemp, First Lady Marty Kemp, and leaders in the Georgia General Assembly, Attorney General Chris Carr established a statewide Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit. Last year alone, this unit rescued and assisted 129 victims and secured 33 new convictions since January 2023.
Currently, there are 35 defendants under indictment for sex or labor trafficking by this unit; some face charges across multiple jurisdictions within Georgia. Most cases involve missing children who left home voluntarily.
The Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit operates within Carr’s Prosecution Division alongside his Gang Prosecution Unit and Public Integrity and White Collar Crime Unit.
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