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Pentagon official from Georgia arrested in undercover human trafficking sting

Nov. 22,2023

 

An undercover human trafficking sting in Coweta County led to the arrest of 26 people, including a local man who has been identified as a top children’s education official with the Pentagon.

 

According to the military publication Stars and Stripes, 64-year-old Stephen Hovanic of Sharpsburg is the chief of staff for Defense Department schools in the United States.

 

The Coweta County Sheriff’s Office charged him with pandering, which is a misdemeanor in Georgia. Deputies say he allegedly solicited sex from an undercover officer in a motel room where the department had set up the two-day human trafficking operation.

 

During the sting, 26 people were arrested for crimes that included pandering, prostitution and pimping, according to deputies.

 

https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/coweta-county-human-trafficking-pentagon-official-arrested