A Georgia megachurch is facing allegations it failed to warn congregants about a former youth volunteer who’s been charged with trying to traffic a 16-year-old on the dark web.

Records obtained by The Roys Report (TRR) show that on June 30, authorities arrested Kelly Garrett Ivey—a former youth volunteer at Rock Springs Church in Milner, Ga.—and charged him with child cruelty and kidnapping. And last Monday, a grand jury indicted Ivey, 41, on first and second-degree charges of cruelty to children, trafficking, and three counts of criminal attempt to commit a felony, including kidnapping.

    • @PeleSpirit@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      According to The Reporter, arrest warrants stated that Ivey was trying to sell information about a 16-year-old’s home address and places she regularly frequented, so she could be abducted or harmed.

      Atlanta News First reported that the warrants also stated that Ivey advertised the “virgin female” on “Slave Bay”—a website advertising unclothed women on the dark web. The news report added that in July, a judge denied bond and said Ivey “posed a significant danger.”

      • diprount_tomato
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        210 months ago

        TF? I thought those kind of places were just government run traps for people who’d use that services to fall for

        • @jonne
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          I mean, they probably are, and they caught someone. It’s like that joke website that offers hitman services that gets real enquiries once in a while.

    • @thefartographer@lemm.ee
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      710 months ago

      Because 16 years old was probably getting too close to the expiration date for this monster and figured he could make a quick buck