A suspect who fled from an undercover sting operation in Hall County a week ago has turned himself in to authorities. The Hall County Sheriff’s Office arrested 24-year-old Jaquan Deavonte Clark of Braselton on Jan. 18. He’s charged with one count of electronic exploitation of a minor.
Investigators said Clark fled from authorities during Operation Good Shepherd the weekend of Jan. 12 and 13.
During the undercover sting operation, HCSO investigators worked with the GBI’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force and Floyd County Police Department to make dozens of online contacts through social media platforms. Investigators posed as minors.
As a result of those contacts, four men, including Clark, showed up at a location in Hall County expecting to have sex with a minor, the sheriff’s office says. Clark fled. Investigators arrested the other three. They’ve been identified as Dwayne Larry Drake, 38, of Hull; Billy Cason Elder, 34, of Watkinsville; and Mohammed Sadiq, 30, of Winder.
Authorities charged Drake with trafficking a person for sexual servitude, sexual exploitation of a minor, and electronic exploitation of a minor. They charged Elder and Sadiq with electronic exploitation of a minor.
